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Research in Oulu

Science Explorer records 11 research institutions in Oulu, Finland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Oulu, Oulu University of Applied Sciences and Technopolis (Finland).

Research institutions
11
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
39k
▲ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.1M
28.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
26.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Oulu

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 Oulu?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of OuluUniversity 36,821 #377
2Oulu University of Applied SciencesUniversity 1,229 #3,092
3Technopolis (Finland)Company 250 #18,449
4Oulu Deaconess InstituteHospital / health system 211 #20,233 all time
5Specim (Finland)Company 193 #17,475 all time
6Polar (Finland)Company 168 #25,365 all time
7Northern Ostrobothnia Hospital DistrictHospital / health system 145 #28,348 all time
8NordLabResearch facility 78 not ranked
9Rikola (Finland)Company 9 not ranked
10Cyberlightning (Finland)Company 5 not ranked
11Suomen Kardiologinen SeuraNonprofit 2 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 Oulu: 94.1%Oulu University of Applied Sciences: 3.1%Technopolis (Finland): 0.6%Oulu Deaconess Institute: 0.5%7 others listed: 1.5%94%largest
University of Oulu37k · 94.1%Oulu University of Applied Sciences1,229 · 3.1%Technopolis (Finland)250 · 0.6%Oulu Deaconess Institute211 · 0.5%7 others listed600 · 1.5%

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

Which fields of science does Oulu work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research in Oulu is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (21%), Medicine (17%), Computer Science (12%).

Physical Sciences: 3,453 fractional works · 47.9% of its workEngineering: 1,489 fractional works · 20.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 464 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 239 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 218 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 136 fractional works · 1.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 72 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 71 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 64 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 51 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 834 fractional works · 11.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 207 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 199 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 118 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 117 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 68 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 53 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 392 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEcology: 69 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 59 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 58 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 258 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 146 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMetals and Alloys: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 156 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 85 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 151 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 69 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeophysics: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 68 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 43 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematical Physics: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,682 fractional works · 23.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 785 fractional works · 10.9% of its workEducation: 254 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 217 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 52 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 61 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 334 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 95 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 76 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 66 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 64 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 237 fractional works · 3.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 77 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 184 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 83 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 43 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 59 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,510 fractional works · 20.9% of its workMedicine: 1,202 fractional works · 16.7% of its workSurgery: 128 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 96 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 88 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 83 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 78 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 76 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 68 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 59 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 49 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 123 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 221 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 133 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 58 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPeriodontics: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOral Surgery: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 564 fractional works · 7.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 290 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 143 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 74 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCancer Research: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 120 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 104 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 54 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKOulu7,209fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences48%Health Sciences21%Social Sciences23%

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. Engineering1,48920.7%
    2. Computer Science83411.6%
    3. Environmental Science3925.4%
    4. Materials Science2583.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy1562.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1512.1%
    7. Chemistry680.9%
    8. Energy430.6%
    9. Mathematics390.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering220.3%
  2. Social Sciences1,68223.3%
    1. Social Sciences78510.9%
    2. Psychology3344.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting2373.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities1842.6%
    5. Decision Sciences831.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance590.8%
  3. Health Sciences1,51020.9%
    1. Medicine1,20216.7%
    2. Health Professions2213.1%
    3. Dentistry580.8%
    4. Nursing250.4%
    5. Veterinary30.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2904.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1201.7%
    3. Neuroscience1041.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology390.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics100.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Oulu strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Oulu is most concentrated in Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Networks and Communications and Computer Science Applications (4.5× the world share in Human-Computer Interaction).

  1. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 58.1 works4.5×
  2. Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield · 189.1 works3.4×
  3. Computer Science ApplicationsSubfield · 47.0 works3.0×
  4. Applied PsychologySubfield · 23.4 works2.6×
← 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: 0.34× its world share, 102 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.74× its world share, 247 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.55× its world share, 34 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.81× its world share, 83 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.39× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.87× its world share, 19 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.64× its world share, 63 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.48× its world share, 722 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.27× its world share, 125 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.65× its world share, 37 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.40× its world share, 1,313 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.04× its world share, 324 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.05× its world share, 231 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.48× its world share, 36 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.97× its world share, 136 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.63× its world share, 50 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.19× its world share, 197 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.86× its world share, 1,042 worksMedicineNursing: 0.69× its world share, 21 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.90× its world share, 164 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.05× its world share, 212 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 66 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 52 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.51× its world share, 288 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 699 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 1.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry1.63×50 works
  2. Psychology1.51×288 works
  3. Computer Science1.48×722 works
  4. Engineering1.40×1,313 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.27×125 works
  6. Health Professions1.19×197 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.09×66 works
  8. Materials Science1.05×231 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.05×212 works
  10. Environmental Science1.04×324 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.97×136 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.90×164 works
  13. Social Sciences0.88×699 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.87×19 works
  15. Medicine0.86×1,042 works
  16. Neuroscience0.81×83 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.74×247 works
  18. Nursing0.69×21 works
  19. Energy0.65×37 works
  20. Chemistry0.64×63 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.55×34 works
  22. Mathematics0.48×36 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.39×9 works
  24. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.39×52 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.34×102 works
  26. Veterinary0.27×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Oulu?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Energy Efficiency, Deep Learning, Healthcare, Phenomenology, Ethics, Communication, Social Sciences 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. Deep Learning342▲ 1.37×79 topics
  2. Machine Learning284▲ 1.18×84 topics
  3. Climate Change273▲ 1.39×98 topics
  4. Epidemiology253◆ 0.88×124 topics
  5. Healthcare223▲ 2.7×31 topics
  6. Sustainability217▲ 1.23×82 topics
  7. Energy Efficiency210▲ 3.1×35 topics
  8. Education195▲ 1.58×66 topics
  9. Ethics164▲ 4.5×25 topics
  10. Qualitative Research155▲ 2.5×27 topics
  11. Communication138▲ 6.1×10 topics
  12. Pedagogy137▲ 3.8×19 topics
  13. Phenomenology132▲ 17×5 topics
  14. Social Sciences122▲ 12×11 topics
  15. Microstructure121▲ 3.2×19 topics
  16. Family Dynamics117▲ 13×3 topics
  17. Work Environment117▲ 92×1 topic
  18. Mechanical Properties108▲ 1.54×36 topics
  19. Internet of Things97▲ 1.57×24 topics
  20. Wireless Networks94▲ 8.8×9 topics
  21. Security and Privacy89▲ 6.6×3 topics
  22. 5G Networks86▲ 6.0×5 topics
  23. Channel Modeling83▲ 9.6×6 topics
  24. Wireless Communications80▲ 6.4×5 topics
  25. Massive MIMO76▲ 13×3 topics
  26. IoT Security67▲ 3.0×3 topics
  27. MIMO Systems67▲ 12×3 topics
  28. Spectral Efficiency66▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Wearable Sensors64▲ 7.9×3 topics
  30. Heterogeneous Networks64▲ 8.7×2 topics
  31. Cellular Networks60▲ 18×1 topic
  32. Interference Alignment60▲ 18×1 topic
  33. Channel Estimation59▲ 9.3×4 topics
  34. Wireless Communication58▲ 5.5×7 topics
  35. Solar Wind58▲ 8.8×2 topics
  36. Mobile Edge Computing57▲ 5.0×2 topics
  37. Grain Refinement52▲ 6.2×4 topics
  38. Beamforming48▲ 6.3×4 topics
  39. MAC Protocols46▲ 9.2×3 topics
  40. Wireless Power Transfer44▲ 6.8×2 topics

What research is done in Oulu?

Research in Social Scien…115Research in Social Sciences: 115 fractional worksAdvanced MIMO Systems Op…55Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization: 55 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing37IoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 37 fractional worksAntenna Design and Analysis: 32 fractional worksEnergy Harvesting in Wireless Networks: 31 fractional worksMicrostructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels: 28 fractional worksAdvanced Wireless Communication Technologies: 28 fractional worksConcrete and Cement Materials Research: 28 fractional worksMillimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling: 27 fractional worksWireless Body Area Networks: 27 fractional works
EducationElectrical and Electronic EngineeringComputer Networks and CommunicationsAerospace Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Research in Social Sciences Education 115 works
  2. 2 Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 55 works
  3. 3 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 37 works
  4. 4 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 32 works
  5. 5 Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks Electrical and Electronic Engineering 31 works
  6. 6 Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels Mechanical Engineering 28 works
  7. 7 Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 28 works
  8. 8 Concrete and Cement Materials Research Civil and Structural Engineering 28 works
  9. 9 Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling Electrical and Electronic Engineering 27 works
  10. 10 Wireless Body Area Networks Biomedical Engineering 27 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%Oulu22.8% 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 33.8% in 2016.

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