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Finnish Food Authority

In research, Finnish Food Authority stands highest in Life Sciences (#8,784 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#17,104
of 42,892
Rank in Finland
#68
of 183
Research works
416
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
26.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is Finnish Food Authority 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
Life SciencesDomain #8,784 of 14,347 24.5%207

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Finnish Food Authority 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 4.48× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.15× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 9.61× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.54× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.28× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 36.88× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 36.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Finnish Food Authority?

Ranked on the composite score, Antti Oksanen and Tapani Lyytikäinen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Finnish Food Authority.

  1. 1 Antti Oksanen Finland · #1,028,935 worldwide 29 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Tapani Lyytikäinen Finland · #1,244,869 worldwide 12 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Finnish Food Authority

Which keywords describe research at Finnish Food Authority?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Antimicrobial Resistance, Pathogenesis, Pathogenicity, Foodborne Illness, Infection and Food Safety.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology15▲ 6.7×32 topics
  2. Public Health8▲ 9.1×13 topics
  3. Antimicrobial Resistance6▲ 53×7 topics
  4. Pathogenesis6▲ 19×13 topics
  5. Pathogenicity6▲ 142×4 topics
  6. Foodborne Illness5▲ 227×2 topics
  7. Infection5▲ 33×2 topics
  8. Food Safety4▲ 25×6 topics
  9. Genome Sequencing4▲ 41×4 topics
  10. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 16×7 topics
  11. Campylobacter3▲ 278×1 topic
  12. Salmonella3▲ 278×1 topic
  13. Vaccine3▲ 13×7 topics
  14. Diagnosis3▲ 5.5×9 topics
  15. Virulence Factors3▲ 32×5 topics
  16. Treatment3▲ 3.6×7 topics
  17. Risk Perception2▲ 16×2 topics
  18. Vaccine Development2▲ 16×5 topics
  19. Consumer Behavior2▲ 5.6×2 topics
  20. Genomics2▲ 12×4 topics
  21. Particulate Matter2▲ 24×2 topics
  22. Consumer Awareness2▲ 190×1 topic
  23. Hygiene Practices2▲ 190×1 topic
  24. Zoonotic Transmission2▲ 48×4 topics
  25. Host-Pathogen Interactions2▲ 37×3 topics
  26. Immune Response2▲ 5.6×6 topics
  27. Virus2▲ 31×3 topics
  28. ESKAPE Pathogens2▲ 49×1 topic
  29. Genomic Analysis2▲ 12×5 topics
  30. Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria2▲ 49×1 topic
  31. Genetic Diversity2▲ 6.3×6 topics
  32. Genomic Sequencing2▲ 23×3 topics
  33. Air Pollution2▲ 20×1 topic
  34. Bacterial Contamination2▲ 109×2 topics
  35. Global Burden of Disease2▲ 10×1 topic
  36. Microbial Inactivation2▲ 79×2 topics
  37. Type III Secretion System2▲ 47×2 topics
  38. Viral Pathogenesis2▲ 40×2 topics
  39. Listeria monocytogenes1▲ 160×1 topic
  40. fresh produce1▲ 160×1 topic

Which research topics does Finnish Food Authority publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology, Food Safety and Hygiene, Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria and Air Quality and Health Impacts.

Salmonella and Campyloba…3Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology: 3 fractional worksFood Safety and Hygiene: 2 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 2 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 2 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 1 fractional worksListeria monocytogenes in Food Safety: 1 fractional worksMicrobial infections and…1Microbial infections and disease research: 1 fractional worksAnimal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksInfluenza Virus Research Studies: 1 fractional worksVirus-based gene therapy research: 1 fractional works
Food ScienceMolecular MedicineHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisInfectious Diseases5 others

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

  1. 1 Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology Food Science 3 works
  2. 2 Food Safety and Hygiene Food Science 2 works
  3. 3 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  5. 5 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 1 works
  6. 6 Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety Biotechnology 1 works
  7. 7 Microbial infections and disease research Microbiology 1 works
  8. 8 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 1 works
  9. 9 Influenza Virus Research Studies Epidemiology 1 works
  10. 10 Virus-based gene therapy research 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 available56.6%not open43.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.8%domestic only73.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Finnish Food Authority's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% lower than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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.

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