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Research in Turku

Science Explorer records 26 research institutions in Turku, Finland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Turku, Åbo Akademi University and Turku University Hospital.

Research institutions
26
8 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
61k
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
22.8%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Turku?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of TurkuUniversity 36,357 #759
2Åbo Akademi UniversityUniversity 12,431 #2,033
3Turku University HospitalHospital / health system 6,178 #3,796
4Turku University of Applied SciencesUniversity 1,829 #7,429
5Turku Centre for Computer ScienceResearch facility 1,273 #8,545
6Turku Centre for BiotechnologyResearch facility 902 #7,487 all time
7Turku PET CentreResearch facility 815 #13,271
8Turku City HospitalHospital / health system 427 #21,308
9Varsinais-Suomen SairaanhoitopiiriHospital / health system 301 #21,265
10Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the EnvironmentGovernment institution 143 #39,014 all time
11Migration Institute of FinlandResearch facility 103 not ranked
12Pharmatest (Finland)Company 85 not ranked
13PerkinElmer (Finland)Company 75 not ranked
14HyTest (Finland)Company 33 not ranked
15Meyer Turku (Finland)Company 25 not ranked
16Gasera (Finland)Company 19 not ranked
17Faron Pharmaceutical (Finland)Company 19 not ranked
18Turun KauppaopetussäätiöNonprofit 16 not ranked
19ASRO (Finland)Company 15 not ranked
20Euro-BioImaging ERICInstitution 15 not ranked
21HKScan (Finland)Company 13 not ranked
22Deltamarin (Finland)Company 13 not ranked
23Lounais-Suomen SyöpäyhdistysInstitution 4 not ranked
24Finnish Parkinson FoundationInstitution 3 not ranked
25Turku Science ParkArchive 2 not ranked
26Acorda Therapeutics (Finland)Company 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 Turku: 59.5%Åbo Akademi University: 20.3%Turku University Hospital: 10.1%Turku University of Applied Sciences: 3.0%21 others listed: 7.0%60%largest
University of Turku36k · 59.5%Åbo Akademi University12k · 20.3%Turku University Hospital6,178 · 10.1%Turku University of Applied Sciences1,829 · 3.0%21 others listed4,301 · 7.0%

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

What is Turku strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Turku is most concentrated in Orthodontics, Music and History (4.4× the world share in Orthodontics).

  1. OrthodonticsSubfield · 47.1 works4.4×
  2. MusicSubfield · 25.0 works3.2×
  3. HistorySubfield · 88.7 works2.9×
  4. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 116.9 works2.8×
  5. DentistryField · 123.8 works2.7×
← 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.

Which keywords describe research in Turku?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethics, Pedagogy, Social Sciences, Qualitative Research, Communication, Phenomenology, Education 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 2022–2025 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. Education597▲ 3.7×83 topics
  2. Ethics512▲ 11×42 topics
  3. Qualitative Research504▲ 6.1×27 topics
  4. Healthcare481▲ 4.5×32 topics
  5. Pedagogy476▲ 10×19 topics
  6. Social Sciences459▲ 34×10 topics
  7. Communication433▲ 15×15 topics
  8. Phenomenology430▲ 42×5 topics
  9. Family Dynamics408▲ 33×4 topics
  10. Work Environment406▲ 219×2 topics
  11. Epidemiology362◆ 0.96×127 topics
  12. Globalization292▲ 1.57×118 topics
  13. Mental Health239▲ 1.72×42 topics
  14. Climate Change231◆ 0.91×93 topics
  15. Machine Learning224▼ 0.72×79 topics
  16. Inflammation213◆ 1.08×80 topics
  17. Sustainability178▼ 0.77×88 topics
  18. Social Media178▲ 1.31×33 topics
  19. Cardiovascular Disease168▲ 1.59×37 topics
  20. Public Health168▲ 1.22×53 topics
  21. Quality of Life166▲ 1.21×54 topics
  22. Cancer135◆ 1.06×53 topics
  23. Religion128▲ 2.8×37 topics
  24. Depression126▲ 1.51×24 topics
  25. Identity118▲ 1.70×57 topics
  26. Gender117▲ 2.3×47 topics
  27. Human Rights116▲ 1.19×53 topics
  28. Nationalism96▲ 2.2×27 topics
  29. Clinical Trials95▲ 1.49×19 topics
  30. Neoliberalism93▲ 2.7×24 topics
  31. Well-being87▲ 2.4×14 topics
  32. Child Development85▲ 2.1×9 topics
  33. Democracy83▲ 2.5×19 topics
  34. Feminism81▲ 3.0×19 topics
  35. Adolescents79▲ 2.2×9 topics
  36. Discourse Analysis69▲ 2.9×8 topics
  37. Special Education60▲ 11×6 topics
  38. Constitutionalism53▲ 5.8×3 topics
  39. Methodology45▲ 9.9×4 topics
  40. Quantitative Methods42▲ 31×1 topic

What research is done in Turku?

Research in Social Scien…406Research in Social Sciences: 406 fractional worksSocial and Educational Sciences: 42 fractional worksDental materials and restorations: 35 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 33 fractional worksHistorical and Archaeological Studies: 30 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 28 fractional worksMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum: 26 fractional worksEuropean and International Law Studies: 26 fractional worksHistorical Legal Studies and Society: 25 fractional worksEarly Childhood Education and Development: 25 fractional works
EducationOrthodonticsClinical PsychologyHistory3 others

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

  1. 1 Research in Social Sciences Education 406 works
  2. 2 Social and Educational Sciences Education 42 works
  3. 3 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 35 works
  4. 4 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 33 works
  5. 5 Historical and Archaeological Studies History 30 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 28 works
  7. 7 Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 26 works
  8. 8 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 26 works
  9. 9 Historical Legal Studies and Society Political Science and International Relations 25 works
  10. 10 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 25 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.