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Research in Turku

Science Explorer records 22 research institutions in Turku, Finland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Turku, Åbo Akademi University and Turku University of Applied Sciences.

Research institutions
22
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
61k
▲ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6M
26.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
22.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Turku

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 Turku?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of TurkuUniversity 44,623 #434
2Åbo Akademi UniversityUniversity 12,433 #1,309
3Turku University of Applied SciencesUniversity 1,829 #2,411
4Turku Centre for BiotechnologyResearch facility 902 #5,022 all time
5Turku City HospitalHospital / health system 427 #19,870
6Varsinais-Suomen SairaanhoitopiiriHospital / health system 301 #19,745
7Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the EnvironmentGovernment institution 143 #31,090 all time
8Migration Institute of FinlandResearch facility 103 not ranked
9Pharmatest (Finland)Company 85 not ranked
10PerkinElmer (Finland)Company 75 not ranked
11HyTest (Finland)Company 33 not ranked
12Meyer Turku (Finland)Company 25 not ranked
13Gasera (Finland)Company 19 not ranked
14Faron Pharmaceutical (Finland)Company 19 not ranked
15Turun KauppaopetussäätiöNonprofit 16 not ranked
16ASRO (Finland)Company 15 not ranked
17HKScan (Finland)Company 13 not ranked
18Deltamarin (Finland)Company 13 not ranked
19Lounais-Suomen SyöpäyhdistysInstitution 4 not ranked
20Finnish Parkinson FoundationInstitution 3 not ranked
21Turku Science ParkArchive 2 not ranked
22Acorda Therapeutics (Finland)Company 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 Turku: 73.1%Åbo Akademi University: 20.4%Turku University of Applied Sciences: 3.0%Turku Centre for Biotechnology: 1.5%17 others listed: 2.1%73%largest
University of Turku45k · 73.1%Åbo Akademi University12k · 20.4%Turku University of Applied Sciences1,829 · 3.0%Turku Centre for Biotechnology902 · 1.5%17 others listed1,296 · 2.1%

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

Which fields of science does Turku work in?

In 2022-now, 38% of research in Turku is in Social Sciences, 25% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (21%), Medicine (20%), Engineering (7%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 4,182 fractional works · 38.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,319 fractional works · 21.1% of its workEducation: 785 fractional works · 7.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 598 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 303 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGender Studies: 99 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 73 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 63 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 57 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 70 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 652 fractional works · 5.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 221 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 179 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 122 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 97 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 646 fractional works · 5.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 129 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 118 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 102 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 96 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 293 fractional works · 2.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 84 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 171 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 124 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 100 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 51 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 2,758 fractional works · 25.1% of its workMedicine: 2,169 fractional works · 19.7% of its workSurgery: 236 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 187 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 167 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 149 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 147 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 127 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 126 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 116 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 92 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 87 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 72 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 61 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 57 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 242 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Professions: 356 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 208 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 80 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 148 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrthodontics: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 67 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2,692 fractional works · 24.5% of its workEngineering: 810 fractional works · 7.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 227 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 153 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 122 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 563 fractional works · 5.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 214 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems: 97 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 58 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 433 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEcology: 101 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 68 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 70 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 228 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 102 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 68 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 192 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 90 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 64 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 144 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 55 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 118 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 110 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 68 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 57 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 1,362 fractional works · 12.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 683 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 386 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGenetics: 129 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 50 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 70 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 309 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 96 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 86 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 230 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 125 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 114 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 79 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKTurku11kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences25%Social Sciences38%

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 Sciences4,18238.0%
    1. Social Sciences2,31921.1%
    2. Psychology6525.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities6465.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting2932.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1711.6%
    6. Decision Sciences1000.9%
  2. Health Sciences2,75825.1%
    1. Medicine2,16919.7%
    2. Health Professions3563.2%
    3. Dentistry1481.3%
    4. Nursing670.6%
    5. Veterinary170.2%
    1. Engineering8107.4%
    2. Computer Science5635.1%
    3. Environmental Science4333.9%
    4. Materials Science2282.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy1921.7%
    6. Mathematics1441.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1181.1%
    8. Chemistry1101.0%
    9. Energy570.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering370.3%
  4. Life Sciences1,36212.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6836.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3092.8%
    3. Neuroscience2302.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology1141.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics250.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

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: 0.55× its world share, 248 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.14× its world share, 577 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.04× its world share, 99 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.28× its world share, 197 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.61× its world share, 20 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.98× its world share, 32 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.65× its world share, 97 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.65× its world share, 479 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 85 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.55× its world share, 48 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.49× its world share, 696 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.73× its world share, 347 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.55× its world share, 181 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.10× its world share, 123 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.79× its world share, 166 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.69× its world share, 124 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.27× its world share, 318 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.03× its world share, 1,876 worksMedicineNursing: 1.21× its world share, 56 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.06× its world share, 14 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.09× its world share, 573 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.84× its world share, 258 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 80 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.74× its world share, 151 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.94× its world share, 561 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.74× its world share, 2,087 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry2.69×124 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.09×573 works
  3. Psychology1.94×561 works
  4. Social Sciences1.74×2,087 works
  5. Neuroscience1.28×197 works
  6. Health Professions1.27×318 works
  7. Nursing1.21×56 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.14×577 works
  9. Mathematics1.10×123 works
  10. Veterinary1.06×14 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology1.04×99 works
  12. Medicine1.03×1,876 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.98×32 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.88×80 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.84×258 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.79×166 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.74×151 works
  18. Environmental Science0.73×347 works
  19. Chemistry0.65×97 works
  20. Computer Science0.65×479 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.61×20 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.57×85 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.55×248 works
  24. Energy0.55×48 works
  25. Materials Science0.55×181 works
  26. Engineering0.49×696 works

Which keywords describe research in Turku?

By fractional works in 2022-now, 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-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. Education631▲ 3.3×92 topics
  2. Ethics536▲ 9.6×43 topics
  3. Qualitative Research529▲ 5.7×30 topics
  4. Healthcare502▲ 4.0×32 topics
  5. Pedagogy492▲ 8.9×21 topics
  6. Social Sciences470▲ 30×10 topics
  7. Communication447▲ 13×16 topics
  8. Phenomenology443▲ 38×5 topics
  9. Epidemiology428◆ 0.98×129 topics
  10. Family Dynamics418▲ 30×5 topics
  11. Work Environment415▲ 214×2 topics
  12. Globalization336▲ 1.56×126 topics
  13. Climate Change285◆ 0.95×98 topics
  14. Mental Health273▲ 1.73×42 topics
  15. Machine Learning264▼ 0.72×80 topics
  16. Inflammation248◆ 1.06×81 topics
  17. Sustainability212▼ 0.79×96 topics
  18. Quality of Life197▲ 1.24×55 topics
  19. Social Media196▲ 1.29×35 topics
  20. Public Health193▲ 1.20×56 topics
  21. Cardiovascular Disease190▲ 1.52×38 topics
  22. Cancer158◆ 1.07×56 topics
  23. Depression146▲ 1.51×24 topics
  24. Religion138▲ 2.7×37 topics
  25. Identity133▲ 1.67×60 topics
  26. Gender127▲ 2.1×49 topics
  27. Biodiversity124▲ 1.48×32 topics
  28. Metabolic Syndrome115▲ 1.29×23 topics
  29. Clinical Trials111▲ 1.52×19 topics
  30. Nationalism103▲ 2.1×28 topics
  31. Neoliberalism103▲ 2.6×24 topics
  32. Well-being100▲ 2.3×14 topics
  33. Child Development93▲ 2.1×9 topics
  34. Feminism92▲ 2.9×21 topics
  35. Adolescents89▲ 2.2×10 topics
  36. Democracy87▲ 2.3×21 topics
  37. Emotion Regulation82▲ 2.3×9 topics
  38. Special Education62▲ 9.5×6 topics
  39. Constitutionalism58▲ 6.0×3 topics
  40. Methodology45▲ 8.4×4 topics

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.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%Turku20.1% 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 32.0% in 2016.

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