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Medicine research in Finland

University of Helsinki ranks first in Finland for Medicine research in 2022–2025 (#202 worldwide), followed by Helsinki University Hospital and University of Turku.

Finland's world rank
#39
of 155 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
11k
Top-10% rate
21.2%
Ranked institutions
25

This ranks research output and citation impact, not the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

What is the best university for Medicine in Finland?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1University of HelsinkiHelsinki #20242.622.3%1,665
2Helsinki University HospitalHelsinki #31437.921.6%1,074
3University of TurkuTurku #47133.522.3%896
4University of Eastern FinlandJoensuu #88926.623.7%785
5University of OuluOulu #90926.423.6%547
6Turku University HospitalTurku #94226.021.8%587
7Oulu University HospitalOulu #1,34522.120.3%389
8Tampere UniversityTampere #1,50920.919.9%496
9Kuopio University HospitalKuopio #2,15117.119.0%344
10Aalto UniversityEspoo #2,39915.926.5%165
11Tampere University HospitalTampere #2,43315.718.6%359
12Finnish Institute for Health and WelfareHelsinki #2,44115.724.5%314
13Hospital District of Helsinki and UusimaaHelsinki #2,58615.120.1%136
14University of JyväskyläJyväskylä #2,83714.127.8%266
15Åbo Akademi UniversityTurku #3,00813.420.6%112
16Institute for Molecular Medicine FinlandHelsinki #4,3449.528.1%110
17Turku PET CentreTurku #5,8546.223.3%98
18Central Finland Health Care DistrictJyvaskyla #6,0195.924.4%94
19Oulu University of Applied SciencesOulu #6,8994.521.3%64
20Tampere University of Applied SciencesTampere #7,0254.319.5%79
21Philips (Finland)Vantaa #7,0564.215.7%90
22Folkhälsans ForskningscentrumHelsinki #7,1724.115.0%77
23Finnish Institute of Occupational HealthHelsinki #8,4912.217.1%62
24Elisa (Finland)Helsinki #9,363118.03.0%64
25Sexual Health ClinicHelsinki #9,94852.03.3%103

Institutions in Finland above the floor of 40 fractional works in Medicine, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Medicine researchers in Finland?

Juhani Knuuti, Marjo‐Riitta Järvelin and Veikko Salomaa rank highest among researchers based in Finland.

  1. 1Juhani Knuuti#281 worldwide overall2.9k citations · 154 works
  2. 2Marjo‐Riitta Järvelin#1,902 worldwide overall2.6k citations · 115 works
  3. 3Veikko Salomaa#2,368 worldwide overall3.3k citations · 150 works
  4. 4Hilkka Soininen#2,450 worldwide overall2k citations · 113 works
  5. 5Johan G. Eriksson#3,965 worldwide overall3.2k citations · 200 works
  6. 6Jaakko Kaprio#4,985 worldwide overall3.4k citations · 133 works
  7. 7Heikki Joensuu#9,734 worldwide overall1.3k citations · 131 works
  8. 8Juhani Airaksinen#15,707 worldwide overall784 citations · 113 works
  9. 9Marja‐Riitta Taskinen#20,872 worldwide overall946 citations · 108 works
  10. 10Jorma Paavonen#46,884 worldwide overall557 citations · 114 works
  11. 11Mikael Knip#57,230 worldwide overall795 citations · 115 works
  12. 12Jorma Viikari#90,409 worldwide overall797 citations · 130 works
  13. 13Ilpo Huhtaniemi#110,583 worldwide overall708 citations · 113 works
  14. 14Per‐Henrik Groop#275,435 worldwide overall365 citations · 111 works
  15. 15Mika Gissler#320,449 worldwide overall634 citations · 252 works

How Finland compares with other countries in Medicine