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Finnish Geospatial Research Institute

In research, Finnish Geospatial Research Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,525 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Engineering and Aerospace Engineering (Environmental Engineering is 22.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,349
of 22,385 · #8,218 all time
Rank in Finland
#35
of 66
Research works
944
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
25k
26.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
57%
world 40%
International
31%
world 18%
Finnish Geospatial Research Institute

What is Finnish Geospatial Research Institute 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
Physical SciencesDomain #3,525 of 10,670 15.2%150 #3497

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Finnish Geospatial Research Institute 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 Finnish Geospatial Research Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 87% of research at Finnish Geospatial Research Institute is in Physical Sciences, 6% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (30%), Environmental Science (27%), Computer Science (11%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 169 fractional works · 86.9% of its workEngineering: 58 fractional works · 29.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 28 fractional works · 14.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 10 fractional works · 4.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 53 fractional works · 27.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 23 fractional works · 11.9% of its workEcology: 12 fractional works · 6.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 9 fractional works · 4.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 22 fractional works · 11.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 21 fractional works · 10.9% of its workGeology: 8 fractional works · 4.3% of its workOceanography: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 13 fractional works · 6.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 8 fractional works · 4.3% of its workInstrumentation: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 6.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 6.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 4.9% of its workInsect Science: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKFinnishGeospatial…194fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences87%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences6%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering5829.6%
    2. Environmental Science5327.3%
    3. Computer Science2211.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2110.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy136.8%
    6. Materials Science10.6%
    7. Chemistry10.4%
    8. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences83.9%
    2. Decision Sciences21.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting10.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
    6. Psychology00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences104.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.9%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Medicine10.4%
    2. Health Professions00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Finnish Geospatial Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Engineering takes 22.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 23.0 works22×
  2. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 28.4 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: 1.04× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.45× its world share, 22 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.93× its world share, 21 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.97× its world share, 58 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.49× its world share, 53 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.07× its world share, 13 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 6.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences6.93×21 works
  2. Environmental Science5.49×53 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy3.07×13 works
  4. Engineering1.97×58 works
  5. Computer Science1.45×22 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.05×2 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.04×10 works
  8. Social Sciences0.31×8 works
  9. Chemistry0.25×1 works
  10. Materials Science0.19×1 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.18×1 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.17×2 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.17×1 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.16×1 works
  15. Neuroscience0.12×0 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.12×0 works
  17. Health Professions0.07×0 works
  18. Mathematics0.03×0 works
  19. Medicine0.02×1 works
  20. Psychology0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Finnish Geospatial Research Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Xiaowei Yu, Anttoni Jaakkola and Xinlian Liang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Finnish Geospatial Research Institute.

  1. 1 Xiaowei Yu Finland · #181,159 worldwide 10k citations · 130 works
  2. 2 Anttoni Jaakkola Finland · #297,765 worldwide 6.7k citations · 92 works
  3. 3 Xinlian Liang Finland · #307,646 worldwide 8.2k citations · 171 works
  4. 4 Antero Kukko Finland · #316,769 worldwide 11k citations · 291 works
  5. 5 Ziyi Feng Finland · #318,495 worldwide 2.7k citations · 90 works
  6. 6 Yunsheng Wang Finland · #334,333 worldwide 4.7k citations · 119 works
  7. 7 Juha M. Suomalainen Finland · #498,375 worldwide 4.2k citations · 127 works
  8. 8 Matti Lehtomäki Finland · #542,040 worldwide 3.2k citations · 58 works
  9. 9 Harri Kaartinen Finland · #609,507 worldwide 13k citations · 327 works
  10. 10 Paula Litkey Finland · #685,445 worldwide 3.3k citations · 64 works
All ranked researchers at Finnish Geospatial Research Institute

What are the most cited papers from Finnish Geospatial Research Institute?

The most cited paper from Finnish Geospatial Research Institute is "Gaia Data Release 2" (A. G. A. Brown et al., 2018), with 8,734 citations. Next come "The Gaia mission" (7,118) and "Gaia Early Data Release 3" (3,978).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Gaia Data Release 2 A. G. A. Brown et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access453 authors 24 Apr 2018 8,734
2 The Gaia mission T. Prusti et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access625 authors 15 Sep 2016 7,118
3 Gaia Early Data Release 3 A. G. A. Brown et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access425 authors 3 Dec 2020 3,978
4 Gaia Data Release 1 A. G. A. Brown et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access591 authors 15 Sep 2016 2,113
5 Gaia Data Release 2 C. Babusiaux et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access452 authors 24 Apr 2018 885
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Finnish Geospatial Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biomass Estimation, Remote Sensing, Terrestrial Laser Scanning, Aboveground Biomass, Forest Carbon Stocks, Lidar Remote Sensing, Climate Change and Orbit Determination.

▲ 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. Biomass Estimation32▲ 108×3 topics
  2. Remote Sensing29▲ 12×25 topics
  3. Terrestrial Laser Scanning27▲ 117×2 topics
  4. Aboveground Biomass25▲ 151×2 topics
  5. Forest Carbon Stocks20▲ 174×1 topic
  6. Lidar Remote Sensing20▲ 174×1 topic
  7. Climate Change19▲ 3.5×26 topics
  8. Machine Learning16▲ 2.5×18 topics
  9. Orbit Determination12▲ 134×2 topics
  10. Deep Learning12▲ 1.72×22 topics
  11. GNSS11▲ 254×1 topic
  12. Global Navigation Satellite Systems11▲ 212×1 topic
  13. Hydrological Modeling9▲ 19×4 topics
  14. Cultural Heritage9▲ 8.3×5 topics
  15. Wireless Sensor Networks8▲ 9.7×6 topics
  16. Climate8▲ 44×2 topics
  17. 3D Reconstruction8▲ 43×2 topics
  18. Global Change8▲ 15×3 topics
  19. Point Clouds8▲ 43×2 topics
  20. Phenology8▲ 56×1 topic
  21. Vegetation Monitoring8▲ 56×1 topic
  22. Photogrammetry7▲ 62×1 topic
  23. UAV7▲ 62×1 topic
  24. Sea Level Rise7▲ 28×2 topics
  25. Biodiversity Conservation6▲ 8.7×7 topics
  26. Mobile Robots6▲ 33×2 topics
  27. Robotics6▲ 13×2 topics
  28. 3D Mapping6▲ 45×1 topic
  29. SLAM6▲ 45×1 topic
  30. Geodetic Measurements6▲ 28×2 topics
  31. Allometric Models6▲ 62×2 topics
  32. GRACE6▲ 61×1 topic
  33. groundwater depletion6▲ 61×1 topic
  34. Climate Change Impact5▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Carbon Stocks5▲ 98×1 topic
  36. Tropical Forests5▲ 74×1 topic
  37. Semantic Web5▲ 26×3 topics
  38. Citizen Science5▲ 24×3 topics
  39. Forest Management5▲ 40×2 topics
  40. Inertial Sensors5▲ 37×2 topics

Which research topics does Finnish Geospatial Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications, GNSS positioning and interference, Remote Sensing in Agriculture and 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage.

Remote Sensing and LiDAR…20Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 20 fractional worksGNSS positioning and int…11GNSS positioning and interference: 11 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agricu…8Remote Sensing in Agriculture: 8 fractional works3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage: 7 fractional worksRobotics and Sensor-Based Localization: 6 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity M…6Geophysics and Gravity Measurements: 6 fractional worksForest ecology and management: 5 fractional worksIndoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies: 4 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 4 fractional worksGeographic Information Systems Studies: 4 fractional works
Environmental EngineeringAerospace EngineeringEcologyGeology5 others

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

  1. 1 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 20 works
  2. 2 GNSS positioning and interference Aerospace Engineering 11 works
  3. 3 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 8 works
  4. 4 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage Geology 7 works
  5. 5 Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization Aerospace Engineering 6 works
  6. 6 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 6 works
  7. 7 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 5 works
  8. 8 Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  10. 10 Geographic Information Systems Studies Geography, Planning and Development 4 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 available56.8%not open43.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.8%domestic only69.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Finnish Geospatial Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% lower 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 Finnish Geospatial Research Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00069% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Finnish Geospatial Research Institute0.00079% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Finnish Geospatial Research Institute 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%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Finnish Geospatial Research Institute9.8% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 27.4% in 2010.

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