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Finnish Institute of Occupational Health

In research, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,930 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#4,245 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,427 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions and Health Professions — General Health Professions is 14.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,289
of 28,054 · #2,968 all time
Rank in Finland
#31
of 80
Research works
4.9k
▼ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
181k
37.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is Finnish Institute of Occupational Health known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #2,930 of 10,521 27.3%137 #2235
Health SciencesDomain #4,245 of 11,982 22.6%151 #760
Social SciencesField #2,427 of 6,365 26.1%69 #2563
Health ProfessionsField #752 of 1,928 26.8%87 #106
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #387 of 916 29.8%67 #151
MedicineField #8,491 of 10,443 17.1%62 #1912

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Finnish Institute of Occupational Health 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#2,235 #2,930
  2. Health Sciences#760 #4,245
  3. Social Sciences#2,563 #2,427
  4. Health Professions#106 #752
  5. General Health Professions#151 #387
  6. Medicine#1,912 #8,491
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Finnish Institute of Occupational Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 14.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 67.3 works14×
  2. Health ProfessionsField · 86.8 works9.5×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.79× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.50× its world share, 26 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 9.50× its world share, 87 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.93× its world share, 62 worksMedicineNursing: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.51× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.22× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.19× its world share, 44 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.58× its world share, 69 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 9.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Finnish Institute of Occupational Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Rahman Shiri, Eira Viikari‐Juntura and Ari Hirvonen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Finnish Institute of Occupational Health.

  1. 1 Rahman Shiri Finland · #6,283 worldwide 5.3k citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Eira Viikari‐Juntura Finland · #26,214 worldwide 366 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Ari Hirvonen Finland · #49,781 worldwide 231 citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Jari Hakanen Finland · #50,606 worldwide 1.1k citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Kirsti Husgafvel‐Pursiainen Finland · #53,762 worldwide 337 citations · 44 works
  6. 6 Jos Verbeek Finland · #58,511 worldwide 323 citations · 64 works
  7. 7 Marianna Virtanen Finland · #60,684 worldwide 381 citations · 63 works
  8. 8 Jussi Vahtera Finland · #62,485 worldwide 698 citations · 117 works
  9. 9 Sven Hernberg Finland · #78,415 worldwide 169 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Juhani Ilmarinen Finland · #82,431 worldwide 220 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Finnish Institute of Occupational Health

Which keywords describe research at Finnish Institute of Occupational Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Impact, Cardiovascular Disease, Work-related Stress, Depressive Symptoms, Psychosocial Work Environment, Sickness Presenteeism, Communication and Healthcare.

▲ 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. Health Impact44▲ 232×2 topics
  2. Cardiovascular Disease40▲ 10×16 topics
  3. Work-related Stress34▲ 109×3 topics
  4. Depressive Symptoms34▲ 173×2 topics
  5. Psychosocial Work Environment33▲ 364×1 topic
  6. Sickness Presenteeism33▲ 364×1 topic
  7. Healthcare28▲ 7.1×10 topics
  8. Mental Health28▲ 5.5×18 topics
  9. Communication28▲ 26×5 topics
  10. Education27▲ 4.6×10 topics
  11. Qualitative Research26▲ 8.7×4 topics
  12. Epidemiology26▲ 1.89×41 topics
  13. Phenomenology26▲ 69×3 topics
  14. Pedagogy25▲ 15×3 topics
  15. Social Sciences25▲ 51×2 topics
  16. Ethics24▲ 15×2 topics
  17. Family Dynamics24▲ 55×1 topic
  18. Work Environment24▲ 361×1 topic
  19. Job Satisfaction22▲ 15×10 topics
  20. Health Effects20▲ 9.8×13 topics
  21. Labor Market20▲ 19×4 topics
  22. Health Outcomes19▲ 20×6 topics
  23. Unemployment19▲ 64×2 topics
  24. Economic Crisis18▲ 44×2 topics
  25. Social Determinants of Health18▲ 23×2 topics
  26. Job Insecurity18▲ 82×1 topic
  27. Precarious Employment18▲ 82×1 topic
  28. Occupational Safety18▲ 55×2 topics
  29. Depression13▲ 4.2×13 topics
  30. Metabolic Syndrome12▲ 4.4×11 topics
  31. Fatigue11▲ 28×2 topics
  32. Prevention Guidelines11▲ 30×2 topics
  33. Shift Work11▲ 102×1 topic
  34. Sleep Deprivation11▲ 102×1 topic
  35. Environmental Risk Assessment11▲ 35×2 topics
  36. Occupational Asthma11▲ 358×1 topic
  37. Work-Related Exposure11▲ 358×1 topic
  38. Well-being10▲ 7.9×10 topics
  39. Work-Life Balance10▲ 16×3 topics
  40. Organizational Culture10▲ 7.4×7 topics

Which research topics does Finnish Institute of Occupational Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Workplace Health and Well-being, Research in Social Sciences, Employment and Welfare Studies and Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue.

Workplace Health and Wel…33Workplace Health and Well-being: 33 fractional worksResearch in Social Sciences: 24 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare Studies: 18 fractional worksSleep and Work-Related Fatigue: 11 fractional worksOccupational exposure and asthma: 11 fractional worksRetirement, Disability, …8Retirement, Disability, and Employment: 8 fractional worksOccupational Health and Safety Research: 7 fractional worksWork-Family Balance Challenges: 6 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 6 fractional worksIndoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure: 5 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsEducationExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5 others

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

  1. 1 Workplace Health and Well-being General Health Professions 33 works
  2. 2 Research in Social Sciences Education 24 works
  3. 3 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 18 works
  4. 4 Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 11 works
  5. 5 Occupational exposure and asthma Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 11 works
  6. 6 Retirement, Disability, and Employment Demography 8 works
  7. 7 Occupational Health and Safety Research Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 7 works
  8. 8 Work-Family Balance Challenges Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  9. 9 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 6 works
  10. 10 Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 5 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 available31.3%not open68.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.9%domestic only82.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Finnish Institute of Occupational Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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