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Research in Vaasa

Science Explorer records 8 research institutions in Vaasa, Finland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Vaasa and Novia University of Applied Sciences.

Research institutions
8
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4.8k
▲ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
104k
21.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
32.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Vaasa

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 Vaasa?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of VaasaUniversity 3,988 #1,160
2Vaasa Central HospitalHospital / health system 350 #20,971 all time
3Novia University of Applied SciencesUniversity 233 #17,578
4Vaasa University of Applied SciencesUniversity 137 #30,410 all time
5Vanha Vaasa hospitalHospital / health system 79 not ranked
6Merinova (Finland)Company 11 not ranked
7Wapice (Finland)Company 10 not ranked
8VamiaUniversity 5 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 Vaasa: 82.9%Vaasa Central Hospital: 7.3%Novia University of Applied Sciences: 4.8%Vaasa University of Applied Sciences: 2.8%4 others listed: 2.2%83%largest
University of Vaasa3,988 · 82.9%Vaasa Central Hospital350 · 7.3%Novia University of Applied Sciences233 · 4.8%Vaasa University of Applied Sciences137 · 2.8%4 others listed105 · 2.2%

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

Which fields of science does Vaasa work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research in Vaasa is in Social Sciences, 39% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (20%), Business, Management and Accounting (19%), Social Sciences (18%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 745 fractional works · 51.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 276 fractional works · 19.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 101 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMarketing: 40 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAccounting: 34 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 34 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 31 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 28 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBusiness and International Management: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 262 fractional works · 18.2% of its workEducation: 87 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 67 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 30 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCommunication: 20 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Administration: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 111 fractional works · 7.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 67 fractional works · 4.7% of its workFinance: 38 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 42 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 19 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 33 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 21 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 21 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Sciences: 565 fractional works · 39.3% of its workEngineering: 291 fractional works · 20.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 118 fractional works · 8.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 49 fractional works · 3.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 19 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 19 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 134 fractional works · 9.3% of its workInformation Systems: 37 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 37 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 18 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 64 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 24 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematical Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 89 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMedicine: 60 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 26 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 37 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 22 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKVaasa1,435fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences39%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences52%

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. Business, Management and Accounting27619.2%
    2. Social Sciences26218.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1117.7%
    4. Psychology423.0%
    5. Decision Sciences332.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities211.5%
    1. Engineering29120.3%
    2. Computer Science1349.3%
    3. Environmental Science644.4%
    4. Energy241.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy130.9%
    6. Chemical Engineering100.7%
    7. Mathematics100.7%
    8. Materials Science90.6%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences70.5%
    10. Chemistry20.1%
    1. Medicine604.2%
    2. Health Professions261.8%
    3. Nursing30.2%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences221.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology70.5%
    3. Neuroscience60.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Vaasa strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Vaasa is most concentrated in Finance, Strategy and Management and Management of Technology and Innovation (8.8× the world share in Finance).

  1. FinanceSubfield · 33.6 works8.8×
  2. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 89.3 works8.2×
  3. Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield · 26.1 works6.8×
  4. MarketingSubfield · 34.2 works6.4×
  5. Business, Management and AccountingField · 243.5 works6.0×
← 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: 0.32× its world share, 19 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 6 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.94× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.21× its world share, 118 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.99× its world share, 23 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.39× its world share, 264 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.87× its world share, 55 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.52× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.39× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.66× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 48 worksMedicineNursing: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.52× its world share, 19 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.99× its world share, 244 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.40× its world share, 29 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.65× its world share, 99 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.92× its world share, 35 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 229 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting5.99×244 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.65×99 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.40×29 works
  4. Energy1.99×23 works
  5. Chemical Engineering1.94×8 works
  6. Social Sciences1.43×229 works
  7. Engineering1.39×264 works
  8. Computer Science1.21×118 works
  9. Psychology0.92×35 works
  10. Environmental Science0.87×55 works
  11. Health Professions0.66×22 works
  12. Mathematics0.52×8 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.52×19 works
  14. Nursing0.46×3 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.39×11 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.32×19 works
  17. Neuroscience0.27×6 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.27×5 works
  19. Medicine0.20×48 works
  20. Materials Science0.16×7 works
  21. Veterinary0.14×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.10×2 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.09×6 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×1 works
  25. Dentistry0.05×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Vaasa?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Healthcare, Ethics, Pedagogy, Communication, Phenomenology, Social Sciences 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. Renewable Energy112▲ 5.4×39 topics
  2. Sustainability92▲ 2.6×57 topics
  3. Healthcare88▲ 5.4×17 topics
  4. Education75▲ 3.0×32 topics
  5. Ethics72▲ 9.8×12 topics
  6. Pedagogy69▲ 9.6×12 topics
  7. Qualitative Research65▲ 5.3×10 topics
  8. Communication64▲ 14×7 topics
  9. Phenomenology63▲ 41×3 topics
  10. Machine Learning63▲ 1.31×63 topics
  11. Social Sciences61▲ 30×4 topics
  12. Family Dynamics61▲ 33×1 topic
  13. Work Environment61▲ 240×1 topic
  14. Social Capital57▲ 7.7×15 topics
  15. Smart Grid54▲ 11×8 topics
  16. Supply Chain Management50▲ 3.9×15 topics
  17. Innovation48▲ 3.2×32 topics
  18. Renewable Energy Integration48▲ 10×5 topics
  19. Corporate Governance43▲ 4.0×15 topics
  20. Power Electronics37▲ 8.0×7 topics
  21. Internet of Things37▲ 3.0×12 topics
  22. Security34▲ 3.6×16 topics
  23. Environmental Management32▲ 5.4×10 topics
  24. Game Theory31▲ 13×4 topics
  25. Strategic Alliances31▲ 33×3 topics
  26. Entrepreneurship29▲ 5.0×9 topics
  27. Privacy28▲ 6.8×4 topics
  28. Energy Management28▲ 12×2 topics
  29. Customer Experience26▲ 11×4 topics
  30. Institutional Theory26▲ 18×3 topics
  31. Smart Home26▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Value Creation26▲ 49×2 topics
  33. Demand Response25▲ 20×1 topic
  34. Electricity Markets25▲ 20×1 topic
  35. Decentralized Control25▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Smart Grid Applications25▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Energy Storage Systems24▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Distributed Power Generation23▲ 16×1 topic
  39. Microgrid Control23▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Co-Creation23▲ 37×2 topics

What research is done in Vaasa?

Research in Social Scien…59Research in Social Sciences: 59 fractional worksSmart Grid Energy Manage…25Smart Grid Energy Management: 25 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Op…22Microgrid Control and Optimization: 22 fractional worksInnovation and Knowledge Management: 17 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 15 fractional worksService and Product Innovation: 13 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Volatility: 12 fractional worksInternational Business and FDI: 12 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 11 fractional worksSmart Grid Security and Resilience: 11 fractional works
EducationElectrical and Electronic EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringStrategy and Management4 others

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

  1. 1 Research in Social Sciences Education 59 works
  2. 2 Smart Grid Energy Management Electrical and Electronic Engineering 25 works
  3. 3 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 22 works
  4. 4 Innovation and Knowledge Management Strategy and Management 17 works
  5. 5 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 15 works
  6. 6 Service and Product Innovation Marketing 13 works
  7. 7 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 12 works
  8. 8 International Business and FDI Strategy and Management 12 works
  9. 9 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 11 works
  10. 10 Smart Grid Security and Resilience Control and Systems Engineering 11 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%60%Vaasa29.0% 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 40.7% in 2010.

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