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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?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of TartuUniversity 20,701 #1,019
2Estonian University of Life SciencesUniversity 2,922 #6,766
3Tartu University HospitalHospital / health system 898 #10,552
4Tartu ObservatoryArchive 711 #11,029 all time
5Estonian Literary MuseumArchive 382 #26,691
6Estonian BiocentreResearch facility 264 #19,812 all time
7University of Tartu Natural History Museum and Botanical GardenArchive 163 #27,211
8Competence Centre on Health Technologies (Estonia)Company 132 #26,397 all time
9Estonian National Defense CollegeUniversity 115 not ranked
10Tartu Health Care CollegeUniversity 93 not ranked
11Tartu Art CollegeUniversity 47 not ranked
12Estonian National MuseumArchive 43 not ranked
13Icosagen (Estonia)Company 35 not ranked
14Estonian Aviation AcademyUniversity 34 not ranked
15Bio-Competence Centre of Healthy Dairy Products (Estonia)Company 29 not ranked
16Software Technology and Applications Competence CenterInstitution 25 not ranked
17National Archives of EstoniaArchive 25 not ranked
18Institute of Baltic StudiesNonprofit 20 not ranked
19Asper Biotech (Estonia)Company 16 not ranked
20Quretec (Estonia)Company 15 not ranked
21Estonian Research CouncilGovernment institution 8 not ranked
22Tartu Academy of TheologyUniversity 8 not ranked
23Regio (Estonia)Company 7 not ranked
24Tartu Biotechnology ParkArchive 7 not ranked
25Tartu Theological SeminaryUniversity 5 not ranked
26Ministry of Education and ResearchGovernment institution 4 not ranked
27MiksikeNonprofit 4 not ranked
28Center for Transboundary CooperationNonprofit 2 not ranked
29Tartu Science ParkArchive 1 not ranked
30Wikimedia EestiNonprofit 1 not ranked
31Science Centre AHHAAInstitution 1 not ranked
32Estonian Educational and Research NetworkInstitution 0 not ranked

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.

University of Tartu: 77.5%Estonian University of Life Sciences: 10.9%Tartu University Hospital: 3.4%Tartu Observatory: 2.7%27 others listed: 5.6%77%largest
University of Tartu21k · 77.5%Estonian University of Life Sciences2,922 · 10.9%Tartu University Hospital898 · 3.4%Tartu Observatory711 · 2.7%27 others listed1,486 · 5.6%

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

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×
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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.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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
  1. Climate Change296▲ 2.2×100 topics
  2. Globalization161▲ 1.63×98 topics
  3. Machine Learning155◆ 0.94×78 topics
  4. Biodiversity127▲ 3.4×35 topics
  5. Sustainability110◆ 0.90×86 topics
  6. Invasive Species108▲ 5.0×21 topics
  7. Social Media94▲ 1.30×30 topics
  8. Identity81▲ 2.2×54 topics
  9. Conservation69▲ 3.2×23 topics
  10. Ecosystem Functioning68▲ 7.2×7 topics
  11. Ethics66▲ 2.7×44 topics
  12. International Relations63▲ 5.2×22 topics
  13. Global Change63▲ 4.8×6 topics
  14. Religion62▲ 2.6×29 topics
  15. Biodiversity Conservation61▲ 3.2×15 topics
  16. Corpus Linguistics60▲ 5.5×5 topics
  17. Habitat Fragmentation58▲ 5.3×5 topics
  18. European Union58▲ 5.1×17 topics
  19. Ecosystem Services53▲ 2.7×12 topics
  20. Biogeography51▲ 3.9×20 topics
  21. Migration50▲ 3.0×22 topics
  22. Phylogenetic Analysis49▲ 3.2×16 topics
  23. Folklore49▲ 18×3 topics
  24. DNA Barcoding49▲ 6.0×9 topics
  25. Literary Analysis48▲ 49×2 topics
  26. Ecosystem Resilience47▲ 6.4×5 topics
  27. Feminism46▲ 3.2×15 topics
  28. European Integration42▲ 15×6 topics
  29. Social History42▲ 9.9×5 topics
  30. Soviet Union41▲ 14×3 topics
  31. Diplomacy38▲ 7.9×7 topics
  32. Gender Roles38▲ 6.4×6 topics
  33. Biological Invasions36▲ 8.0×3 topics
  34. Eastern Europe35▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Ecosystem34▲ 6.3×4 topics
  36. Cultural Transmission33▲ 8.3×4 topics
  37. Children's Literature33▲ 17×3 topics
  38. Mythology31▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Oral Tradition30▲ 32×2 topics
  40. Fairy Tales30▲ 39×1 topic

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

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