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Research in Tampere

Science Explorer records 25 research institutions in Tampere, Finland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Tampere University, Tampere University of Applied Sciences and Fimlab (Finland).

Research institutions
25
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
29k
▲ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
673k
23.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
22.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Tampere

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 Tampere?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Tampere UniversityUniversity 23,470 #453
2Tampere University of Applied SciencesUniversity 3,518 #2,914
3Urho Kaleva Kekkonen InstituteHospital / health system 561 #10,693 all time
4Pirkanmaa Hospital DistrictHospital / health system 334 #16,598 all time
5Fimlab (Finland)Company 306 #18,855
6Coxa HospitalHospital / health system 151 #31,554 all time
7Police University CollegeUniversity 123 #32,092 all time
8Modulight (Finland)Company 75 not ranked
9FIT Biotech (Finland)Company 50 not ranked
10Finnish Diabetes AssociationInstitution 35 not ranked
11Santen (Finland)Company 33 not ranked
12FinnMedi (Finland)Company 33 not ranked
13Sandvik (Finland)Company 31 not ranked
14Digital Dispatch (Finland)Company 24 not ranked
15Inion (Finland)Company 17 not ranked
16Hermia Business Development (Finland)Company 15 not ranked
17Millidyne (Finland)Company 12 not ranked
18Insta (Finland)Company 9 not ranked
19Diabetes TutkimussaatioInstitution 7 not ranked
20Emtele (Finland)Company 3 not ranked
21Finnish Coeliac SocietyInstitution 3 not ranked
22THT Control Oy (Finland)Company 2 not ranked
23Innolink (Finland)Company 1 not ranked
24Tampereen TuberkuloosisäätiöInstitution 0 not ranked
25Emil Aaltosen SäätiöResearch facility 0 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.

Tampere University: 81.5%Tampere University of Applied Sciences: 12.2%Urho Kaleva Kekkonen Institute: 1.9%Pirkanmaa Hospital District: 1.2%19 others listed: 3.2%81%largest
Tampere University23k · 81.5%Tampere University of Applied Sciences3,518 · 12.2%Urho Kaleva Kekkonen Institute561 · 1.9%Pirkanmaa Hospital District334 · 1.2%19 others listed930 · 3.2%

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

Which fields of science does Tampere work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research in Tampere is in Social Sciences, 36% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (23%), Engineering (17%), Medicine (15%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 3,060 fractional works · 38.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,777 fractional works · 22.6% of its workEducation: 609 fractional works · 7.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 444 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 257 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCommunication: 75 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 61 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 47 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnthropology: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 464 fractional works · 5.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 144 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 141 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 81 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 68 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 339 fractional works · 4.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 76 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 74 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 47 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 54 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 292 fractional works · 3.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 81 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 53 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 95 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 92 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 66 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2,826 fractional works · 35.9% of its workEngineering: 1,354 fractional works · 17.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 438 fractional works · 5.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 186 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 129 fractional works · 1.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 97 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 96 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 90 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 66 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 62 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 52 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 781 fractional works · 9.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 188 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 136 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 113 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 89 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 88 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSignal Processing: 62 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHardware and Architecture: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 186 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 64 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 176 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 81 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 144 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 93 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 51 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,533 fractional works · 19.5% of its workMedicine: 1,218 fractional works · 15.5% of its workSurgery: 149 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 108 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 103 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 100 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 98 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 75 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 53 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 178 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth Professions: 266 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 171 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 55 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 461 fractional works · 5.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 249 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 128 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 128 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 75 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTampere7,879fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences36%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences39%

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 Sciences3,06038.8%
    1. Social Sciences1,77722.6%
    2. Psychology4645.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities3394.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting2923.7%
    5. Decision Sciences951.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance921.2%
    1. Engineering1,35417.2%
    2. Computer Science7819.9%
    3. Environmental Science1862.4%
    4. Materials Science1762.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy1441.8%
    6. Chemistry450.6%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences440.6%
    8. Mathematics440.6%
    9. Energy410.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering100.1%
  3. Health Sciences1,53319.5%
    1. Medicine1,21815.5%
    2. Health Professions2663.4%
    3. Nursing300.4%
    4. Dentistry160.2%
    5. Veterinary20.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2493.2%
    2. Neuroscience1281.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences420.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology350.4%
    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 Tampere strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Tampere is most concentrated in Public Administration, Human-Computer Interaction and Hardware and Architecture (8.9× the world share in Public Administration).

  1. Public AdministrationSubfield · 34.1 works8.9×
  2. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 77.2 works5.3×
  3. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 31.8 works4.0×
  4. CommunicationSubfield · 65.8 works3.4×
  5. Signal ProcessingSubfield · 57.3 works2.7×
  6. EducationSubfield · 570.0 works2.6×
  7. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 73.6 works2.4×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 39 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 213 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 27 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.99× its world share, 114 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.19× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.38× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.36× its world share, 40 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.29× its world share, 712 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 40 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.60× its world share, 39 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.17× its world share, 1,249 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 163 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.65× its world share, 162 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.47× its world share, 39 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.81× its world share, 128 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.42× its world share, 15 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.30× its world share, 244 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.79× its world share, 1,074 worksMedicineNursing: 0.71× its world share, 25 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.53× its world share, 314 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.17× its world share, 268 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 85 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 84 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.92× its world share, 414 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.77× its world share, 1,588 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 1.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology1.92×414 works
  2. Social Sciences1.77×1,588 works
  3. Arts and Humanities1.53×314 works
  4. Health Professions1.30×244 works
  5. Computer Science1.29×712 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.25×85 works
  7. Engineering1.17×1,249 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.17×268 works
  9. Neuroscience0.99×114 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.81×128 works
  11. Medicine0.79×1,074 works
  12. Nursing0.71×25 works
  13. Materials Science0.65×162 works
  14. Energy0.60×39 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.56×213 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.56×84 works
  17. Mathematics0.47×39 works
  18. Environmental Science0.46×163 works
  19. Dentistry0.42×15 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.38×27 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.38×9 works
  22. Chemistry0.36×40 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.36×40 works
  24. Veterinary0.20×2 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.19×5 works
  26. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.12×39 works

Which keywords describe research in Tampere?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethics, Communication, Pedagogy, Phenomenology, Social Sciences, Qualitative Research, 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. Education506▲ 3.7×72 topics
  2. Ethics486▲ 12×36 topics
  3. Healthcare479▲ 5.3×29 topics
  4. Qualitative Research443▲ 6.6×26 topics
  5. Communication432▲ 17×14 topics
  6. Pedagogy426▲ 11×17 topics
  7. Phenomenology414▲ 49×5 topics
  8. Social Sciences411▲ 36×11 topics
  9. Family Dynamics400▲ 40×2 topics
  10. Work Environment400▲ 287×1 topic
  11. Deep Learning275◆ 1.01×73 topics
  12. Epidemiology260▼ 0.83×125 topics
  13. Globalization240▲ 1.55×102 topics
  14. Sustainability217◆ 1.13×80 topics
  15. Machine Learning213▼ 0.81×81 topics
  16. Mental Health162▲ 1.44×40 topics
  17. Social Media153▲ 1.40×31 topics
  18. Public Health141▲ 1.23×54 topics
  19. Neural Networks125◆ 1.03×39 topics
  20. Big Data122▲ 1.61×26 topics
  21. Social Interaction119▲ 3.9×11 topics
  22. Neoliberalism111▲ 3.9×23 topics
  23. Energy Efficiency105▲ 1.44×36 topics
  24. Student Engagement76▲ 2.4×15 topics
  25. Learning Outcomes73▲ 2.2×8 topics
  26. Feminism66▲ 2.9×21 topics
  27. Embodiment64▲ 4.4×7 topics
  28. Emotion62▲ 3.8×12 topics
  29. Intrinsic Motivation58▲ 6.1×4 topics
  30. Beamforming52▲ 6.4×4 topics
  31. Cultural Competence52▲ 5.1×8 topics
  32. Online Communication50▲ 4.1×3 topics
  33. Participatory Design48▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Stereotypes48▲ 6.5×3 topics
  35. Institutional Theory46▲ 5.8×3 topics
  36. User Experience44▲ 6.7×3 topics
  37. Video Games41▲ 9.8×2 topics
  38. Esports39▲ 13×1 topic
  39. Online Gaming39▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Health Behavior Change38▲ 8.8×2 topics

What research is done in Tampere?

Research in Social Scien…386Research in Social Sciences: 386 fractional worksDigital Games and Media: 36 fractional worksEducational Games and Gamification: 31 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 28 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 26 fractional worksLanguage, Discourse, Communication Strategies: 25 fractional worksInnovative Human-Technology Interaction: 24 fractional worksSocial Policy and Reform Studies: 23 fractional worksSemiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices: 22 fractional worksHigher Education Governance and Development: 21 fractional works
EducationSociology and Political ScienceDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyElectrical and Electronic Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Research in Social Sciences Education 386 works
  2. 2 Digital Games and Media Sociology and Political Science 36 works
  3. 3 Educational Games and Gamification Developmental and Educational Psychology 31 works
  4. 4 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 28 works
  5. 5 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 26 works
  6. 6 Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies Language and Linguistics 25 works
  7. 7 Innovative Human-Technology Interaction Human-Computer Interaction 24 works
  8. 8 Social Policy and Reform Studies Political Science and International Relations 23 works
  9. 9 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 22 works
  10. 10 Higher Education Governance and Development Political Science and International Relations 21 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%Tampere19.4% 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 31.0% in 2010.

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