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Arts and Humanities research in Estonia

University of Tartu ranks first in Estonia for Arts and Humanities research in 2022-now (#269 worldwide), followed by Tallinn University and Praxis.

Estonia's world rank
#36
of 103 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
697
Top-10% rate
12.8%
Ranked institutions
3

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

What is the best university for Arts and Humanities in Estonia?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1University of TartuTartu #26925.913.6%309
2Tallinn UniversityTallinn #62914.616.2%120
3PraxisTallinn #80711.39.5%109

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

Who are the top Arts and Humanities researchers in Estonia?

Toomas Kivisild, Ahti‐Veikko Pietarinen and Mait Metspalu rank highest among researchers based in Estonia, on their papers in Arts and Humanities that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Toomas Kivisild#7,820 worldwide overall19.5 of 27 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Ahti‐Veikko Pietarinen#1,509,725 worldwide overall26.2 of 91 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Mait Metspalu#9,878 worldwide overall11.1 of 14 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Ene Metspalu#36,667 worldwide overall10.7 of 16 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Richard Villems#58,407 worldwide overall9.8 of 16 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Christiana L. Scheib#54,731 worldwide overall7.5 of 13 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Ivo Leito#270,909 worldwide overall7.0 of 10 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Anastassia Zabrodskaja#424,462 worldwide overall10.2 of 25 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Siiri Rootsi#102,951 worldwide overall6.5 of 8 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Kalevi Kull#1,361,304 worldwide overall13.5 of 53 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Айвар Крийска#326,346 worldwide overall8.9 of 35 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Kristiina Tambets#48,377 worldwide overall6.3 of 9 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Signe Vahur#1,250,955 worldwide overall8.1 of 12 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Jüri Parik#119,215 worldwide overall5.5 of 7 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Ester Oras#509,854 worldwide overall6.5 of 19 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Estonia on their work in Arts and Humanities 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 Arts and Humanities