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Research in Vantaa

Science Explorer records 12 research institutions in Vantaa, Finland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Laurea University of Applied Sciences.

Research institutions
12
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
8.5k
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
210k
24.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
13.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Vantaa

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 Vantaa?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Laurea University of Applied SciencesUniversity 678 #9,818
2Metsähallitus (Finland)Company 495 #13,835 all time
3Vaisala (Finland)Company 253 #26,960 all time
4National Bureau of InvestigationGovernment institution 200 #22,590 all time
5Svenskt Stål (Finland)Company 152 #31,124 all time
6Tikkurila (Finland)Company 130 #33,613 all time
7AFRY (Finland)Company 80 not ranked
8Okmetic (Finland)Company 61 not ranked
9Finnair (Finland)Company 27 not ranked
10Fazer (Finland)Company 24 not ranked
11HeurekaArchive 11 not ranked
12Mediamobile (Finland)Company 1 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.

Laurea University of Applied Sciences: 32.1%Metsähallitus (Finland): 23.4%Vaisala (Finland): 12.0%National Bureau of Investigation: 9.5%8 others listed: 23.0%32%largest
Laurea University of Applied Sciences678 · 32.1%Metsähallitus (Finland)495 · 23.4%Vaisala (Finland)253 · 12.0%National Bureau of Investigation200 · 9.5%8 others listed486 · 23.0%

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

Which fields of science does Vantaa work in?

In 2022-now, 36% of research in Vantaa is in Physical Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (20%), Social Sciences (17%), Engineering (14%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 274 fractional works · 36.4% of its workEngineering: 106 fractional works · 14.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 22 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 17 fractional works · 2.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 13 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 85 fractional works · 11.3% of its workInformation Systems: 40 fractional works · 5.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 19 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 42 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 241 fractional works · 32.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 128 fractional works · 17.0% of its workEducation: 43 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 31 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 15 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 32 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 31 fractional works · 4.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 27 fractional works · 3.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 15 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 189 fractional works · 25.2% of its workMedicine: 152 fractional works · 20.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 39 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSurgery: 13 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 27 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 14 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPeriodontics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 47 fractional works · 6.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 19 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInsect Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKVantaa751fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences36%Health Sciences25%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. Engineering10614.0%
    2. Computer Science8511.3%
    3. Environmental Science425.5%
    4. Materials Science141.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy121.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences71.0%
    7. Energy30.5%
    8. Chemistry20.3%
    9. Mathematics10.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Social Sciences12817.0%
    2. Psychology324.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting314.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities273.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance152.1%
    6. Decision Sciences81.1%
    1. Medicine15220.2%
    2. Health Professions273.6%
    3. Dentistry50.6%
    4. Nursing50.6%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences192.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology141.9%
    3. Neuroscience111.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Vantaa strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Vantaa is most concentrated in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Information Systems (5.8× the world share in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging).

  1. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 32.1 works5.8×
  2. Information SystemsSubfield · 35.6 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: 0.52× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.82× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.47× its world share, 71 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.94× its world share, 86 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.18× its world share, 36 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.57× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.68× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.36× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.52× its world share, 25 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.05× its world share, 124 worksMedicineNursing: 1.34× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.02× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.33× its world share, 26 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.23× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.12× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.20× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 106 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 1.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions1.52×25 works
  2. Computer Science1.47×71 works
  3. Dentistry1.36×4 works
  4. Social Sciences1.36×106 works
  5. Nursing1.34×4 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.33×26 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.23×7 works
  8. Psychology1.20×22 works
  9. Environmental Science1.18×36 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.12×15 works
  11. Medicine1.05×124 works
  12. Arts and Humanities1.02×18 works
  13. Engineering0.94×86 works
  14. Neuroscience0.82×8 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.71×7 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.68×9 works
  17. Materials Science0.57×12 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.52×15 works
  19. Veterinary0.45×0 works
  20. Energy0.42×2 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.32×10 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.28×1 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.19×1 works
  24. Chemistry0.19×2 works
  25. Mathematics0.16×1 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.14×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Vantaa?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Management, Cybersecurity, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Ethics, Game Theory, Pedagogy, Information Security and Policy Compliance.

▲ 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. Machine Learning41▲ 1.63×54 topics
  2. Education32▲ 2.5×43 topics
  3. Healthcare30▲ 3.5×16 topics
  4. Risk Management29▲ 8.2×8 topics
  5. Sustainability27▲ 1.49×52 topics
  6. Deep Learning27◆ 1.02×46 topics
  7. Ethics24▲ 6.4×16 topics
  8. Cybersecurity24▲ 13×4 topics
  9. Pedagogy24▲ 6.3×9 topics
  10. Magnetic Resonance Imaging23▲ 12×8 topics
  11. Climate Change23◆ 1.12×61 topics
  12. Game Theory22▲ 17×2 topics
  13. Information Security21▲ 29×2 topics
  14. Policy Compliance21▲ 70×1 topic
  15. Security Awareness21▲ 70×1 topic
  16. Communication21▲ 8.9×8 topics
  17. Qualitative Research20▲ 3.2×11 topics
  18. Artificial Intelligence19▲ 1.74×30 topics
  19. Phenomenology18▲ 22×3 topics
  20. Social Sciences18▲ 16×2 topics
  21. Work Environment17▲ 126×2 topics
  22. Family Dynamics17▲ 17×2 topics
  23. Big Data16▲ 2.2×16 topics
  24. Perfusion Imaging14▲ 27×2 topics
  25. Security11▲ 2.2×16 topics
  26. Technology11▲ 2.8×17 topics
  27. Precision Medicine10▲ 2.7×7 topics
  28. Biodiversity Conservation9▲ 3.3×6 topics
  29. Functional MRI9▲ 16×2 topics
  30. Spectroscopy9▲ 7.2×3 topics
  31. Parallel Imaging9▲ 25×1 topic
  32. Susceptibility Weighted Imaging9▲ 25×1 topic
  33. Language Teaching8▲ 4.2×6 topics
  34. Spectral Imaging8▲ 20×2 topics
  35. Radiation Exposure7▲ 10.0×2 topics
  36. Dual-Energy CT7▲ 24×1 topic
  37. Material Differentiation7▲ 24×1 topic
  38. Information Warfare6▲ 24×2 topics
  39. Diagnostic Accuracy6▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Pandemic Impact6▲ 10×2 topics

What research is done in Vantaa?

Information and Cyber Se…20Information and Cyber Security: 20 fractional worksResearch in Social Scien…16Research in Social Sciences: 16 fractional worksAdvanced MRI Techniques and Applications: 7 fractional worksAdvanced X-ray and CT Imaging: 6 fractional worksSupply Chain Resilience and Risk Management: 5 fractional worksForest Management and Policy: 5 fractional worksSeedling growth and survival studies: 5 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 4 fractional worksMRI in cancer diagnosis: 4 fractional worksCybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies: 4 fractional works
Information SystemsEducationRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingBiomedical Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Information and Cyber Security Information Systems 20 works
  2. 2 Research in Social Sciences Education 16 works
  3. 3 Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 7 works
  4. 4 Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging Biomedical Engineering 6 works
  5. 5 Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management Strategy and Management 5 works
  6. 6 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  7. 7 Seedling growth and survival studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 5 works
  8. 8 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  9. 9 MRI in cancer diagnosis Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  10. 10 Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies Information Systems 4 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 counting10%20%30%Vantaa13.6% 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 29.2% in 2008.

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