Research in Tartu
Science Explorer records 32 research institutions in Tartu, Estonia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Tartu, Estonian University of Life Sciences and Tartu University Hospital.
- Research institutions
- 32 5 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 27k ▲ 9% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 22.1% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Tartu?
By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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.
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What is Tartu strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Tartu is most concentrated in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Paleontology and Language and Linguistics (4.6× the world share in Nature and Landscape Conservation).
- Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 55.4 works4.6×
- PaleontologySubfield · 27.6 works4.5×
- Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 80.8 works3.7×
- Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 87.1 works3.3×
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 76.9 works3.3×
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.
Which keywords describe research in Tartu?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Globalization, Ecosystem Functioning, International Relations, Corpus Linguistics and Global Change.
- Fairy Tales
- Mythology
- Cultural Transmission
- Eastern Europe
- Gender Roles
- Soviet Union
- European Integration
- Ecosystem Resilience
- DNA Barcoding
- Phylogenetic Analysis
- Biogeography
- European Union
- Corpus Linguistics
- Religion
- International Relations
- Ecosystem Functioning
- Identity
- Invasive Species
- Biodiversity
- Globalization
- Climate Change
- Machine Learning
- Sustainability
- Social Media
- Conservation
- Ethics
- Global Change
- Biodiversity Conservation
- Habitat Fragmentation
- Ecosystem Services
- Migration
- Folklore
- Literary Analysis
- Feminism
- Social History
- Diplomacy
- Biological Invasions
- Ecosystem
- Children's Literature
- Oral Tradition
Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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
- Climate Change296▲ 2.2×100 topics
- Globalization161▲ 1.63×98 topics
- Machine Learning155◆ 0.94×78 topics
- Biodiversity127▲ 3.4×35 topics
- Sustainability110◆ 0.90×86 topics
- Invasive Species108▲ 5.0×21 topics
- Social Media94▲ 1.30×30 topics
- Identity81▲ 2.2×54 topics
- Conservation69▲ 3.2×23 topics
- Ecosystem Functioning68▲ 7.2×7 topics
- Ethics66▲ 2.7×44 topics
- International Relations63▲ 5.2×22 topics
- Global Change63▲ 4.8×6 topics
- Religion62▲ 2.6×29 topics
- Biodiversity Conservation61▲ 3.2×15 topics
- Corpus Linguistics60▲ 5.5×5 topics
- Habitat Fragmentation58▲ 5.3×5 topics
- European Union58▲ 5.1×17 topics
- Ecosystem Services53▲ 2.7×12 topics
- Biogeography51▲ 3.9×20 topics
- Migration50▲ 3.0×22 topics
- Phylogenetic Analysis49▲ 3.2×16 topics
- Folklore49▲ 18×3 topics
- DNA Barcoding49▲ 6.0×9 topics
- Literary Analysis48▲ 49×2 topics
- Ecosystem Resilience47▲ 6.4×5 topics
- Feminism46▲ 3.2×15 topics
- European Integration42▲ 15×6 topics
- Social History42▲ 9.9×5 topics
- Soviet Union41▲ 14×3 topics
- Diplomacy38▲ 7.9×7 topics
- Gender Roles38▲ 6.4×6 topics
- Biological Invasions36▲ 8.0×3 topics
- Eastern Europe35▲ 12×3 topics
- Ecosystem34▲ 6.3×4 topics
- Cultural Transmission33▲ 8.3×4 topics
- Children's Literature33▲ 17×3 topics
- Mythology31▲ 12×3 topics
- Oral Tradition30▲ 32×2 topics
- Fairy Tales30▲ 39×1 topic
What research is done in Tartu?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies Literature and Literary Theory 30 works
- 2 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 27 works
- 3 Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 26 works
- 4 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 26 works
- 5 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 26 works
- 6 Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions Plant Science 22 works
- 7 Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology Ecology 20 works
- 8 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 20 works
- 9 Fuel Cells and Related Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 20 works
- 10 Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies Insect Science 19 works
Research output over time
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