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Helsinki Institute of Physics

In research, Helsinki Institute of Physics stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,788 of 12,888 worldwide), Life Sciences (#3,183 of 7,800 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#814 of 1,646 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics and Astronomy — Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 36.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,347
of 28,054 · #760 all time
Rank in Finland
#13
of 80
Research works
6.8k
▼ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
261k
38.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
31.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is Helsinki Institute of Physics 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
Physical SciencesDomain #1,788 of 12,888 30.3%365 #556
Life SciencesDomain #3,183 of 7,800 29.7%100 #2203
Physics and AstronomyField #814 of 1,646 42.0%150 #336
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield #131 of 263 52.4%67 #134
Social SciencesDomain #5,486 of 10,521 36.5%67 #4518
EngineeringField #4,571 of 6,636 16.7%62 #1279

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Helsinki Institute of Physics 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. Physical Sciences#556 #1,788
  2. Life Sciences#2,203 #3,183
  3. Physics and Astronomy#336 #814
  4. Nuclear and High Energy Physics#134 #131
  5. Social Sciences#4,518 #5,486
  6. Engineering#1,279 #4,571
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 Helsinki Institute of Physics specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 36.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 67.4 works36×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 45.2 works15×
  3. Physics and AstronomyField · 149.7 works11×
← 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: 1.20× its world share, 34 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.60× its world share, 50 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.19× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.36× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.52× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.25× its world share, 21 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.70× its world share, 62 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.76× its world share, 52 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.58× its world share, 32 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.41× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 11.42× its world share, 150 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.47× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.40× its world share, 45 worksMedicineNursing: 0.99× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.63× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.75× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 30 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 11.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Helsinki Institute of Physics?

Ranked on the composite score, A. Lopez Virto, Kari Enqvist and M. J. Puska lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Helsinki Institute of Physics.

  1. 1 A. Lopez Virto Finland · #25,999 worldwide 647 citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Kari Enqvist Finland · #27,092 worldwide 889 citations · 61 works
  3. 3 M. J. Puska Finland · #41,695 worldwide 719 citations · 55 works
  4. 4 R. M. Nieminen Finland · #43,648 worldwide 1.1k citations · 125 works
  5. 5 A. Levine Finland · #52,673 worldwide 579 citations · 58 works
  6. 6 Stig Stenholm Finland · #73,032 worldwide 760 citations · 111 works
  7. 7 P. Hautojärvi Finland · #76,379 worldwide 425 citations · 43 works
  8. 8 Heikki Mäntysaari Finland · #89,374 worldwide 335 citations · 50 works
  9. 9 R. M. Nieminen Finland · #134,187 worldwide 337 citations · 46 works
  10. 10 K. Saarinen Finland · #136,742 worldwide 242 citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at Helsinki Institute of Physics

Which keywords describe research at Helsinki Institute of Physics?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Dark Matter, Lattice QCD, Particle Physics, Higgs Boson, High-Energy Collider, Climate Change, Renormalization Group and Heavy-Ion Collisions.

▲ 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. Climate Change34▲ 2.1×66 topics
  2. Dark Matter29▲ 43×4 topics
  3. Lattice QCD27▲ 77×2 topics
  4. Particle Physics24▲ 55×2 topics
  5. Higgs Boson18▲ 61×1 topic
  6. High-Energy Collider18▲ 61×1 topic
  7. Renormalization Group16▲ 49×2 topics
  8. Heavy-Ion Collisions14▲ 97×1 topic
  9. Quark-Gluon Plasma14▲ 97×1 topic
  10. Supernovae14▲ 29×2 topics
  11. General Relativity13▲ 32×2 topics
  12. Cosmological Parameters13▲ 38×1 topic
  13. Dark Energy13▲ 33×1 topic
  14. QCD13▲ 62×1 topic
  15. charmonium13▲ 62×1 topic
  16. Black Holes12▲ 22×3 topics
  17. Cosmology10▲ 27×3 topics
  18. Entanglement9▲ 9.8×3 topics
  19. Quantum Gravity9▲ 18×3 topics
  20. Health Effects8▲ 2.4×15 topics
  21. Cosmic Rays8▲ 27×2 topics
  22. Neutrinos8▲ 27×2 topics
  23. Galactic Center7▲ 28×2 topics
  24. Air Quality7▲ 6.5×5 topics
  25. Solar Wind7▲ 12×2 topics
  26. Gravitational Waves7▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Quantum Entanglement6▲ 17×2 topics
  28. Field Theories6▲ 24×1 topic
  29. Holographic6▲ 24×1 topic
  30. String Theory6▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Star Formation6▲ 20×2 topics
  32. Axions6▲ 43×1 topic
  33. WIMPs6▲ 43×1 topic
  34. Quantum Information6▲ 8.5×3 topics
  35. Equation of State6▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Ecosystem Resilience5▲ 6.2×5 topics
  37. Binary Black Hole5▲ 30×1 topic
  38. Neutron Star5▲ 30×1 topic
  39. Detector Performance5▲ 26×2 topics
  40. Density Functional Theory5▲ 7.8×4 topics

Which research topics does Helsinki Institute of Physics publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, High-Energy Particle Collisions Research, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories and Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions.

Particle physics theoret…18Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 18 fractional worksHigh-Energy Particle Collisions Research: 14 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 13 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics a…13Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 13 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics: 6 fractional worksDark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena: 6 fractional worksPulsars and Gravitational Waves Research: 5 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 4 fractional worksSemiconductor materials and devices: 4 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 4 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsAstronomy and AstrophysicsAtmospheric ScienceElectrical and Electronic Engineering

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

  1. 1 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 18 works
  2. 2 High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 14 works
  3. 3 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 13 works
  4. 4 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 13 works
  5. 5 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 6 works
  6. 6 Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 6 works
  7. 7 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 5 works
  8. 8 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 4 works
  9. 9 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 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 available44.9%not open55.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.1%domestic only62.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Helsinki Institute of Physics's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% 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.

Other research institutions in Helsinki

All research institutions in Helsinki

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.