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Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters

In research, Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,338 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,235 of 6,365 worldwide) and Education (#1,752 of 1,892 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education, Political Science and International Relations and Social Sciences — Education is 11.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,862
of 28,054 · #22,912 all time
Rank in Finland
#73
of 80
Research works
3.6k
▼ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.4k
1.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters 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 #8,338 of 10,521 7.7%209 #5171
Social SciencesField #5,235 of 6,365 7.1%159 #3586
EducationSubfield #1,752 of 1,892 5.9%90 #1306

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters 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#5,171 #8,338
  2. Social Sciences#3,586 #5,235
  3. Education#1,306 #1,752
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 Society of Sciences and Letters specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 11.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 90.3 works11×
  2. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 29.7 works7.6×
  3. Social SciencesField · 159.3 works4.8×
← 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: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.48× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.91× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.73× its world share, 21 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.77× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.12× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.23× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.59× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.78× its world share, 159 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters?

Ranked on the composite score, Soile Veijola, Aila Järvikoski and Antti Syväjärvi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters.

  1. 1 Soile Veijola Finland · #94,035 worldwide 108 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Aila Järvikoski Finland · #183,332 worldwide 47 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Antti Syväjärvi Finland · #221,412 worldwide 22 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Pauli Kettunen Finland · #273,119 worldwide 41 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Kristiina Härkäpää Finland · #350,748 worldwide 40 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Pigga Keskitalo Finland · #379,801 worldwide 18 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Esa Poikela Finland · #437,110 worldwide 24 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Juhani Anttila Finland · #448,863 worldwide 52 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Marja Johanna Tuominen Finland · #474,709 worldwide 0 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Raimo Lahti Finland · #474,944 worldwide 3 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters

Which keywords describe research at Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Qualitative Research, Social Sciences, Ethics, Healthcare, Communication, Pedagogy and Phenomenology.

▲ 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. Education85▲ 19×18 topics
  2. Qualitative Research83▲ 36×8 topics
  3. Social Sciences82▲ 221×5 topics
  4. Ethics82▲ 64×7 topics
  5. Communication81▲ 100×4 topics
  6. Healthcare81▲ 27×11 topics
  7. Pedagogy80▲ 62×7 topics
  8. Phenomenology78▲ 279×2 topics
  9. Family Dynamics78▲ 229×1 topic
  10. Work Environment78▲ 1515×1 topic
  11. Constitutionalism16▲ 63×2 topics
  12. Globalization16▲ 3.0×26 topics
  13. Social Change14▲ 41×4 topics
  14. Legal History13▲ 175×1 topic
  15. Religious Influence13▲ 258×1 topic
  16. Sustainability12▲ 1.96×22 topics
  17. Climate Change11▲ 1.58×29 topics
  18. Feminism10▲ 13×7 topics
  19. Human Rights7▲ 2.6×12 topics
  20. Activism7▲ 65×2 topics
  21. Identity7▲ 3.7×16 topics
  22. Well-being7▲ 6.8×7 topics
  23. Cultural Heritage6▲ 4.0×7 topics
  24. Embodiment5▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Geopolitics5▲ 11×4 topics
  26. International Relations5▲ 7.3×7 topics
  27. Colonialism4▲ 3.6×10 topics
  28. Migration4▲ 5.1×7 topics
  29. Social Science4▲ 46×3 topics
  30. Craftivism4▲ 136×1 topic
  31. Handicraft4▲ 136×1 topic
  32. European Union4▲ 7.2×8 topics
  33. Governance4▲ 4.8×6 topics
  34. Dementia Care4▲ 123×2 topics
  35. Income Inequality4▲ 10.0×2 topics
  36. Interactional Expertise4▲ 129×1 topic
  37. Tacit Knowledge4▲ 31×1 topic
  38. Citizenship4▲ 11×5 topics
  39. Cultural Diversity4▲ 6.0×4 topics
  40. Race3▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Research in Social Sciences, Historical Legal Studies and Society, Crafts, Textile, and Design and Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research.

Research in Social Scien…78Research in Social Sciences: 78 fractional worksHistorical Legal Studies and Society: 13 fractional worksCrafts, Textile, and Design: 4 fractional worksEducation, Healthcare and Sociology Research: 4 fractional worksEuropean and International Law Studies: 3 fractional worksSocial Policy and Reform Studies: 3 fractional worksEuropean Linguistics and Anthropology: 3 fractional worksInterdisciplinary Cultural and Social Studies: 3 fractional worksIndigenous Studies and Ecology: 3 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 2 fractional works
EducationPolitical Science and International RelationsMuseologySocial Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Research in Social Sciences Education 78 works
  2. 2 Historical Legal Studies and Society Political Science and International Relations 13 works
  3. 3 Crafts, Textile, and Design Museology 4 works
  4. 4 Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research Social Psychology 4 works
  5. 5 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  6. 6 Social Policy and Reform Studies Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  7. 7 European Linguistics and Anthropology Anthropology 3 works
  8. 8 Interdisciplinary Cultural and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  9. 9 Indigenous Studies and Ecology General Health Professions 3 works
  10. 10 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 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 available35.5%not open64.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.7%domestic only94.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% 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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