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Estonian Literary Museum

In research, Estonian Literary Museum stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,131 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Literature and Literary Theory and Arts and Humanities (Literature and Literary Theory is 35.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,598
of 22,385 · #17,552 all time
Rank in Estonia
#11
of 14
Research works
382
▲ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.2k
5.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
83%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Estonian Literary Museum

What is Estonian Literary Museum known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #7,131 of 9,585 7.9%93 #6429

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Estonian Literary Museum sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Estonian Literary Museum work in?

In 2022-now, 88% of research at Estonian Literary Museum is in Social Sciences, 5% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (38%), Social Sciences (38%), Psychology (9%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 109 fractional works · 87.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 48 fractional works · 38.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 23 fractional works · 18.8% of its workPhilosophy: 7 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMusic: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClassics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 48 fractional works · 38.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 17 fractional works · 14.0% of its workAnthropology: 9 fractional works · 7.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 5.2% of its workCultural Studies: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 8.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 7.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.4% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKEstonian LiteraryMuseum125fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences88%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities4838.4%
    2. Social Sciences4838.2%
    3. Psychology118.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting21.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    1. Computer Science43.0%
    2. Environmental Science21.5%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    4. Engineering00.4%
    5. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences54.0%
    2. Neuroscience00.3%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.1%
    1. Health Professions21.9%
    2. Medicine10.5%
    3. Nursing00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Estonian Literary Museum specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Literature and Literary Theory takes 35.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 23.4 works35×
  2. Arts and HumanitiesField · 47.8 works13×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 13.29× its world share, 48 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.86× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.02× its world share, 48 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 13.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities13.29×48 works
  2. Social Sciences3.02×48 works
  3. Psychology2.86×11 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.85×5 works
  5. Health Professions0.73×2 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting0.58×2 works
  7. Computer Science0.38×4 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.33×1 works
  9. Environmental Science0.29×2 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.25×1 works
  11. Neuroscience0.16×0 works
  12. Nursing0.07×0 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.03×0 works
  14. Engineering0.03×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.03×0 works
  16. Medicine0.02×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Estonian Literary Museum?

Ranked on the quality score, Raivo Kalle, Anastasiya Fiadotava and Epp Annus lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Estonian Literary Museum.

  1. 1 Raivo Kalle Estonia · #630,370 worldwide 3.3k citations · 109 works
  2. 2 Anastasiya Fiadotava Estonia · #2,026,202 worldwide 195 citations · 61 works
  3. 3 Epp Annus Estonia · #2,301,973 worldwide 299 citations · 52 works
  4. 4 Liisi Laineste Estonia · #2,414,955 worldwide 486 citations · 71 works
  5. 5 Tõnno Jonuks Estonia · #2,836,703 worldwide 288 citations · 63 works
  6. 6 Mari Sarv Estonia · #3,113,700 worldwide 109 citations · 46 works
  7. 7 Mare Kalda Estonia · #3,820,073 worldwide 42 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Reet Hiiemäe Estonia · #3,922,056 worldwide 150 citations · 44 works
  9. 9 Ingrid Rüütel Estonia · #3,965,586 worldwide 45 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Arvo Krikmann Estonia · #3,966,740 worldwide 239 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Estonian Literary Museum

What are the most cited papers from Estonian Literary Museum?

The most cited paper from Estonian Literary Museum is "Wild food plant use in 21st century Europe: the disappearance of old traditions and the search for new cuisines involving wild edibles" (Łukasz Jakub Łuczaj, Andréa Pieroni, Javier Tardío et al., 2012), with 674 citations. Next come "An ethnobotanical perspective on traditional fermented plant foods and beverages in Eastern Europe" (410) and "Multi-functionality of the few: current and past uses of wild plants for food and healing in Liubań region, Belarus" (319).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Wild food plant use in 21st century Europe: the disappearance of old traditions and the search for new cuisines involving wild edibles Łukasz Jakub Łuczaj, Andréa Pieroni, Javier Tardío et al. · Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae Open access 2012 674
2 An ethnobotanical perspective on traditional fermented plant foods and beverages in Eastern Europe Renata Söukand, Andréa Pieroni, Marianna Biró et al. · Journal of Ethnopharmacology Open access 21 May 2015 410
3 Multi-functionality of the few: current and past uses of wild plants for food and healing in Liubań region, Belarus Renata Söukand, Yanina Hrynevich, Iryna Vasilyeva et al. · Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine Open access 8 Feb 2017 319
4 The importance of a border: Medical, veterinary, and wild food ethnobotany of the Hutsuls living on the Romanian and Ukrainian sides of Bukovina Renata Söukand, Andréa Pieroni · Journal of Ethnopharmacology Open access 8 Mar 2016 309
5 Uses of tree saps in northern and eastern parts of Europe Ingvar Svanberg, Renata Söukand, Łukasz Jakub Łuczaj et al. · Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae Open access 2012 199
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Estonian Literary Museum?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Folklore, Literary Analysis, Feminism, Children's Literature, Social History, Identity, Cultural Transmission and Gender Roles.

▲ 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 institution'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. Folklore20▲ 321×3 topics
  2. Literary Analysis20▲ 834×2 topics
  3. Feminism18▲ 48×8 topics
  4. Children's Literature17▲ 354×2 topics
  5. Social History16▲ 159×4 topics
  6. Identity16▲ 17×20 topics
  7. Cultural Transmission14▲ 154×2 topics
  8. Fairy Tales14▲ 785×1 topic
  9. Gender Roles14▲ 100×2 topics
  10. Mythology14▲ 232×2 topics
  11. Oral Tradition14▲ 627×1 topic
  12. Migration10▲ 23×6 topics
  13. Literature9▲ 14×13 topics
  14. Social Media9▲ 5.1×11 topics
  15. Globalization8▲ 3.5×14 topics
  16. Social Interaction8▲ 16×5 topics
  17. Cultural Diversity7▲ 24×3 topics
  18. Cultural Identity7▲ 11×7 topics
  19. Gender6▲ 9.4×13 topics
  20. Gender Differences6▲ 13×4 topics
  21. Ethnology6▲ 242×1 topic
  22. Regionalism6▲ 266×1 topic
  23. Youth6▲ 34×3 topics
  24. Culture5▲ 7.9×6 topics
  25. Alchemy5▲ 117×2 topics
  26. Nationalism5▲ 8.9×10 topics
  27. Occultism5▲ 313×1 topic
  28. Spiritualism5▲ 313×1 topic
  29. Cultural Studies5▲ 10×6 topics
  30. Emotional Intelligence5▲ 27×2 topics
  31. Humor Styles Questionnaire4▲ 306×1 topic
  32. Psychological Well-being4▲ 25×1 topic
  33. Ethnicity4▲ 9.5×8 topics
  34. Religion4▲ 6.0×6 topics
  35. Cultural Diplomacy3▲ 33×2 topics
  36. Holocaust3▲ 87×3 topics
  37. Narrative3▲ 17×6 topics
  38. Imagology3▲ 259×1 topic
  39. National Stereotypes3▲ 259×1 topic
  40. Cultural History3▲ 20×3 topics

Which research topics does Estonian Literary Museum publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies, European Linguistics and Anthropology, Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices and Humor Studies and Applications.

Folklore, Mythology, and…14Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies: 14 fractional worksEuropean Linguistics and…6European Linguistics and Anthropology: 6 fractional worksReligious Studies and Sp…5Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices: 5 fractional worksHumor Studies and Applications: 4 fractional worksEuropean Cultural and National Identity: 3 fractional worksMemory, Trauma, and Comm…3Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration: 3 fractional worksCulinary Culture and Tourism: 3 fractional worksSociopolitical Dynamics in Russia: 3 fractional worksThemes in Literature Analysis: 3 fractional worksMusic History and Culture: 2 fractional works
Literature and Literary TheoryAnthropologyPhilosophySocial Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies Literature and Literary Theory 14 works
  2. 2 European Linguistics and Anthropology Anthropology 6 works
  3. 3 Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices Philosophy 5 works
  4. 4 Humor Studies and Applications Social Psychology 4 works
  5. 5 European Cultural and National Identity Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  6. 6 Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration Social Psychology 3 works
  7. 7 Culinary Culture and Tourism Food Science 3 works
  8. 8 Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  9. 9 Themes in Literature Analysis Literature and Literary Theory 3 works
  10. 10 Music History and Culture Music 2 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available82.9%not open17.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.5%domestic only87.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Estonian Literary Museum's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Estonian Literary Museum as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00034% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Estonian Literary Museum0.00054% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Estonian Literary Museum over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Estonian Literary Museum4.3% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.8% in 2017.

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