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Life Sciences research in Estonia

University of Tartu ranks first in Estonia for Life Sciences research in 2022-now (#507 worldwide), followed by Ministry of Agriculture and Estonian University of Life Sciences.

Estonia's world rank
#37
of 146 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
1.4k
Top-10% rate
11.3%
Ranked institutions
4

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Life Sciences in Estonia?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1University of TartuTartu #50728.910.6%573
2Ministry of AgricultureTallinn #1,43717.014.0%290
3Estonian University of Life SciencesTartu #1,83514.310.7%199
4Tallinn University of TechnologyTallinn #2,03713.112.0%115

Institutions in Estonia above the floor of 40 fractional works in Life Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Life Sciences researchers in Estonia?

Tõnu Esko, Andres Metspalu and Leho Tedersoo rank highest among researchers based in Estonia, on their papers in Life Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Tõnu Esko#672 worldwide overall184.5 of 358 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Andres Metspalu#2,577 worldwide overall169.8 of 399 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Leho Tedersoo#1,145 worldwide overall130.0 of 234 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Reedik Mägi#1,607 worldwide overall120.9 of 260 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Lili A. Milani#1,515 worldwide overall105.0 of 200 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Ülo Niinemets#11,694 worldwide overall99.5 of 288 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Mohammad Bahram#3,139 worldwide overall73.0 of 126 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Toomas Kivisild#7,820 worldwide overall62.2 of 144 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Martin Zobel#19,818 worldwide overall56.8 of 154 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Hannes Kollist#20,768 worldwide overall48.4 of 88 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Evelin Mihailov#8,648 worldwide overall48.7 of 94 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Mari Nelis#6,993 worldwide overall45.8 of 82 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Maarja Öpik#25,194 worldwide overall49.7 of 124 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Mait Metspalu#9,878 worldwide overall44.2 of 92 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Urmas Kõljalg#76,020 worldwide overall46.4 of 110 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Estonia on their work in Life Sciences alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Estonia compares with other countries in Life Sciences