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Fimlab (Finland)

In research, Fimlab (Finland) stands highest in Medicine (#2,867 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,339 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,855
of 22,385 · #10,146 all time
Rank in Finland
#56
of 66
Research works
306
▼ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.2k
30.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
70%
world 40%
International
42%
world 18%
Fimlab (Finland)

What is Fimlab (Finland) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #2,867 of 14,558 14.5%154
Health SciencesDomain #3,339 of 16,688 14.5%163

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fimlab (Finland) 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 Fimlab (Finland) work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research at Fimlab (Finland) is in Health Sciences, 28% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (57%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (21%), Immunology and Microbiology (4%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 53 fractional works · 59.3% of its workMedicine: 51 fractional works · 56.6% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 6.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 6.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 6.1% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 5.5% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 4.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 25 fractional works · 27.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 19 fractional works · 21.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 11.6% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 7.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFimlab (Finland)89fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences28%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences59%Social Sciences7%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine5156.6%
    2. Dentistry10.9%
    3. Nursing10.8%
    4. Health Professions10.6%
    5. Veterinary00.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1921.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology44.0%
    3. Neuroscience22.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting33.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.7%
    3. Psychology11.5%
    4. Social Sciences11.1%
    5. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Engineering11.5%
    2. Environmental Science11.2%
    3. Chemistry10.9%
    4. Computer Science10.7%
    5. Materials Science10.6%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.5%
    7. Energy00.2%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.94× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.96× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.21× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.86× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.94× its world share, 50 worksMedicineNursing: 1.54× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.57× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.93× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology3.96×4 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.94×19 works
  3. Veterinary3.57×0 works
  4. Medicine2.94×50 works
  5. Dentistry1.86×1 works
  6. Nursing1.54×1 works
  7. Neuroscience1.21×2 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.93×3 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.78×2 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.58×0 works
  11. Chemistry0.54×1 works
  12. Psychology0.48×1 works
  13. Environmental Science0.25×1 works
  14. Health Professions0.24×1 works
  15. Energy0.23×0 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.23×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.17×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×1 works
  19. Engineering0.10×1 works
  20. Computer Science0.09×1 works
  21. Social Sciences0.09×1 works
  22. Mathematics0.08×0 works
  23. Decision Sciences0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Fimlab (Finland)?

Ranked on the quality score, Rolle Rahikainen, Ilkka Junttila and Ivana Kholová lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fimlab (Finland).

  1. 1 Rolle Rahikainen Finland · #795,126 worldwide 1.6k citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Ilkka Junttila Finland · #920,372 worldwide 2.7k citations · 73 works
  3. 3 Ivana Kholová Finland · #1,271,057 worldwide 4.9k citations · 185 works
  4. 4 Tapio Seiskari Finland · #1,589,783 worldwide 598 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Saara Kares Finland · #2,010,951 worldwide 367 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Binisha Hamal Mishra Finland · #3,032,037 worldwide 300 citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Vasyl V. Mykuliak Finland · #3,034,454 worldwide 302 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Latifeh Azizi Finland · #3,730,743 worldwide 492 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Fimlab (Finland)

What are the most cited papers from Fimlab (Finland)?

The most cited paper from Fimlab (Finland) is "The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans" (Konrad J. Karczewski et al., 2020), with 10,422 citations. Next come "Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology" (4,954) and "Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels" (3,319).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans Konrad J. Karczewski et al. · Nature Open access177 authors 27 May 2020 10,422
2 Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology The LifeLines Cohort Study et al. · Nature Open access487 authors 10 Feb 2015 4,954
3 Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels Cristen J. Willer et al. · Nature Genetics Open access259 authors 6 Oct 2013 3,319
4 Synaptic, transcriptional and chromatin genes disrupted in autism The DDD Study et al. · Nature Open access 29 Oct 2014 2,993
5 Integrative approaches for large-scale transcriptome-wide association studies Alexander Gusev et al. · Nature Genetics Open access 8 Feb 2016 2,834
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Fimlab (Finland)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Inflammation, Radiotherapy, Cancer, Molecular Classification, Chemotherapy and Human Papillomavirus.

▲ 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. Epidemiology11▲ 3.0×54 topics
  2. Inflammation7▲ 3.5×43 topics
  3. Cancer5▲ 4.3×29 topics
  4. Immunotherapy5▲ 7.5×15 topics
  5. Radiotherapy4▲ 11×6 topics
  6. Chemotherapy3▲ 5.0×11 topics
  7. Diagnosis3▲ 3.8×21 topics
  8. Gene Expression3▲ 5.4×10 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 2.7×22 topics
  10. Tumor Microenvironment3▲ 6.7×7 topics
  11. Biomarkers3▲ 4.2×10 topics
  12. Molecular Classification3▲ 19×3 topics
  13. Pathogenesis3▲ 5.7×15 topics
  14. Human Papillomavirus2▲ 23×3 topics
  15. Extracellular Matrix2▲ 14×5 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 3.3×18 topics
  17. Angiogenesis2▲ 7.5×9 topics
  18. Cancer Progression2▲ 13×6 topics
  19. Global Burden2▲ 4.4×7 topics
  20. Immune Response2▲ 4.4×8 topics
  21. Vaccine2▲ 6.1×6 topics
  22. Genetic Mutations2▲ 5.4×10 topics
  23. Metastasis2▲ 6.8×9 topics
  24. Prognostic Factors2▲ 5.5×9 topics
  25. Cancer Therapy2▲ 4.0×12 topics
  26. Genetic Variants2▲ 12×6 topics
  27. Immunity2▲ 5.4×6 topics
  28. SARS-CoV-22▲ 7.0×3 topics
  29. Cervical Cancer2▲ 18×3 topics
  30. Stem Cells2▲ 7.4×7 topics
  31. Cancer Incidence2▲ 13×3 topics
  32. Radiation Therapy2▲ 14×4 topics
  33. Mechanotransduction2▲ 26×4 topics
  34. Prostate Cancer2▲ 13×4 topics
  35. Squamous Cell Carcinoma2▲ 19×3 topics
  36. Autoimmunity1▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Genetic Variation1▲ 7.3×5 topics
  38. Genome-Wide Association1▲ 19×1 topic
  39. Haplotype Mapping1▲ 43×1 topic
  40. Viral Oncoproteins1▲ 23×2 topics

Which research topics does Fimlab (Finland) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment, Cervical Cancer and HPV Research and Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions.

Genetic Associations and…1Genetic Associations and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksSalivary Gland Tumors Di…1Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV Research: 1 fractional worksCytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions: 1 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 1 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Studies: 1 fractional worksMyeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksEnzyme function and inhi…1Enzyme function and inhibition: 1 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Methylation: 1 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional works
GeneticsSurgeryEpidemiologyOncology3 others

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

  1. 1 Genetic Associations and Epidemiology Genetics 1 works
  2. 2 Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment Surgery 1 works
  3. 3 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 1 works
  4. 4 Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions Oncology 1 works
  5. 5 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  6. 6 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 1 works
  7. 7 Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 1 works
  8. 8 Enzyme function and inhibition Molecular Biology 1 works
  9. 9 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 1 works
  10. 10 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 1 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 available70.1%not open29.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.5%domestic only58.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Fimlab (Finland)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Fimlab (Finland) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00036% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Fimlab (Finland)0.00025% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Fimlab (Finland) 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.

10%20%Fimlab (Finland)13.0% in 2024all institutions10.0% in 20242020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.9% in 2016.

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