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Research in Tartu

Science Explorer records 29 research institutions in Tartu, Estonia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Tartu, Estonian University of Life Sciences and Estonian Literary Museum.

Research institutions
29
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
27k
▲ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
563k
21.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
22.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record

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 Tartu?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of TartuUniversity 22,473 #727
2Estonian University of Life SciencesUniversity 2,922 #4,643
3Estonian Literary MuseumArchive 382 #19,598
4Estonian BiocentreResearch facility 264 #20,253 all time
5Competence Centre on Health Technologies (Estonia)Company 132 #24,123 all time
6Estonian National Defense CollegeUniversity 115 not ranked
7Tartu Health Care CollegeUniversity 93 not ranked
8Tartu Art CollegeUniversity 47 not ranked
9Estonian National MuseumArchive 43 not ranked
10Icosagen (Estonia)Company 35 not ranked
11Estonian Aviation AcademyUniversity 34 not ranked
12Bio-Competence Centre of Healthy Dairy Products (Estonia)Company 29 not ranked
13Software Technology and Applications Competence CenterInstitution 25 not ranked
14National Archives of EstoniaArchive 25 not ranked
15Institute of Baltic StudiesNonprofit 20 not ranked
16Asper Biotech (Estonia)Company 16 not ranked
17Quretec (Estonia)Company 15 not ranked
18Estonian Research CouncilGovernment institution 8 not ranked
19Tartu Academy of TheologyUniversity 8 not ranked
20Regio (Estonia)Company 7 not ranked
21Tartu Biotechnology ParkArchive 7 not ranked
22Tartu Theological SeminaryUniversity 5 not ranked
23Ministry of Education and ResearchGovernment institution 4 not ranked
24MiksikeNonprofit 4 not ranked
25Center for Transboundary CooperationNonprofit 2 not ranked
26Tartu Science ParkArchive 1 not ranked
27Wikimedia EestiNonprofit 1 not ranked
28Science Centre AHHAAInstitution 1 not ranked
29Estonian Educational and Research NetworkInstitution 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.

University of Tartu: 84.1%Estonian University of Life Sciences: 10.9%Estonian Literary Museum: 1.4%Estonian Biocentre: 1.0%24 others listed: 2.5%84%largest
University of Tartu22k · 84.1%Estonian University of Life Sciences2,922 · 10.9%Estonian Literary Museum382 · 1.4%Estonian Biocentre264 · 1.0%24 others listed677 · 2.5%

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

Which fields of science does Tartu work in?

In 2022-now, 38% of research in Tartu is in Physical Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (16%), Medicine (10%), Environmental Science (9%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,187 fractional works · 38.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 515 fractional works · 9.0% of its workEcology: 149 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 109 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 63 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 464 fractional works · 8.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 184 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInformation Systems: 94 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 47 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 44 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 453 fractional works · 7.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 119 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 88 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 196 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 86 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 32 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 170 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 92 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomaterials: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 157 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOceanography: 45 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPaleontology: 38 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 38 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 81 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrochemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 76 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnergy: 49 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 45 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCatalysis: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,867 fractional works · 32.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 936 fractional works · 16.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 268 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 222 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEducation: 111 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnthropology: 44 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 43 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 32 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 403 fractional works · 7.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 101 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 85 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhilosophy: 62 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 43 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 39 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 262 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 94 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 60 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 50 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 49 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 138 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 72 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 52 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 57 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 32 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 972 fractional works · 16.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 435 fractional works · 7.6% of its workPlant Science: 160 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 93 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInsect Science: 49 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 42 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 383 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 209 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGenetics: 102 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCell Biology: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 86 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 45 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 52 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 725 fractional works · 12.6% of its workMedicine: 577 fractional works · 10.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 56 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 46 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 40 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 39 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 92 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 102 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 58 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTartu5,752fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences38%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences32%

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. Environmental Science5159.0%
    2. Computer Science4648.1%
    3. Engineering4537.9%
    4. Physics and Astronomy1963.4%
    5. Materials Science1702.9%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1572.7%
    7. Chemistry811.4%
    8. Mathematics761.3%
    9. Energy490.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering260.4%
  1. Social Sciences1,86732.5%
    1. Social Sciences93616.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities4037.0%
    3. Psychology2624.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1382.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance721.2%
    6. Decision Sciences571.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4357.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3836.7%
    3. Neuroscience861.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology520.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics170.3%
    1. Medicine57710.0%
    2. Health Professions1021.8%
    3. Nursing230.4%
    4. Veterinary170.3%
    5. Dentistry60.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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).

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 55.4 works4.6×
  2. PaleontologySubfield · 27.6 works4.5×
  3. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 80.8 works3.7×
  4. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 87.1 works3.3×
  5. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 76.9 works3.3×
← 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: 1.49× its world share, 356 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.22× its world share, 326 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.90× its world share, 45 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.89× its world share, 73 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.80× its world share, 14 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.38× its world share, 24 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.90× its world share, 71 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.06× its world share, 412 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.60× its world share, 126 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.92× its world share, 42 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.53× its world share, 402 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.71× its world share, 428 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.82× its world share, 144 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.19× its world share, 70 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.58× its world share, 176 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.68× its world share, 90 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.51× its world share, 494 worksMedicineNursing: 0.84× its world share, 21 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.99× its world share, 14 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.53× its world share, 367 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.77× its world share, 124 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 50 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.63× its world share, 67 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.52× its world share, 233 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 846 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities2.53×367 works
  2. Veterinary1.99×14 works
  3. Environmental Science1.71×428 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.60×126 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.58×176 works
  6. Psychology1.52×233 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.49×356 works
  8. Chemical Engineering1.38×24 works
  9. Social Sciences1.33×846 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.22×326 works
  11. Mathematics1.19×70 works
  12. Computer Science1.06×412 works
  13. Decision Sciences1.04×50 works
  14. Energy0.92×42 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.90×45 works
  16. Chemistry0.90×71 works
  17. Neuroscience0.89×73 works
  18. Nursing0.84×21 works
  19. Materials Science0.82×144 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.80×14 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.77×124 works
  22. Health Professions0.68×90 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.63×67 works
  24. Engineering0.53×402 works
  25. Medicine0.51×494 works
  26. Dentistry0.18×4 works

Which keywords describe research in Tartu?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning, Globalization, Ecosystem Resilience, Folklore and Global Change.

▲ 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. Climate Change355▲ 2.3×105 topics
  2. Machine Learning181◆ 0.95×81 topics
  3. Globalization177▲ 1.56×102 topics
  4. Biodiversity144▲ 3.3×35 topics
  5. Sustainability127◆ 0.90×92 topics
  6. Invasive Species123▲ 5.0×21 topics
  7. Social Media102▲ 1.29×30 topics
  8. Ecosystem Functioning90▲ 7.6×7 topics
  9. Identity87▲ 2.1×56 topics
  10. Conservation76▲ 3.1×23 topics
  11. Ethics73▲ 2.5×44 topics
  12. Global Change71▲ 4.7×6 topics
  13. Biodiversity Conservation68▲ 3.2×16 topics
  14. International Relations68▲ 4.9×24 topics
  15. Religion65▲ 2.4×30 topics
  16. Habitat Fragmentation65▲ 5.2×5 topics
  17. Corpus Linguistics62▲ 5.1×5 topics
  18. European Union62▲ 4.8×19 topics
  19. Phylogenetic Analysis62▲ 3.4×16 topics
  20. Ecosystem Resilience61▲ 6.9×5 topics
  21. Biogeography61▲ 3.8×20 topics
  22. DNA Barcoding60▲ 6.0×9 topics
  23. Migration60▲ 3.0×23 topics
  24. Ecosystem Services59▲ 2.7×12 topics
  25. Folklore56▲ 19×3 topics
  26. Literary Analysis56▲ 49×2 topics
  27. Feminism54▲ 3.2×18 topics
  28. Soviet Union46▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Social History46▲ 9.8×7 topics
  30. European Integration45▲ 14×6 topics
  31. Gender Roles41▲ 6.2×6 topics
  32. Diplomacy41▲ 7.6×7 topics
  33. Biological Invasions41▲ 7.8×3 topics
  34. Ecosystem39▲ 6.3×4 topics
  35. Children's Literature37▲ 17×3 topics
  36. Eastern Europe37▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Cultural Transmission37▲ 8.4×4 topics
  38. Nutrient Cycling36▲ 8.4×3 topics
  39. Mythology34▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Mycorrhizal Fungi34▲ 8.2×2 topics

What research is done in Tartu?

  1. 1 Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies Literature and Literary Theory 30 works
  2. 2 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 27 works
  3. 3 Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 26 works
  4. 4 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 26 works
  5. 5 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 26 works
  6. 6 Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions Plant Science 22 works
  7. 7 Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology Ecology 20 works
  8. 8 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 20 works
  9. 9 Fuel Cells and Related Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 20 works
  10. 10 Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies Insect Science 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%Tartu19.4% 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 30.9% in 2016.

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