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Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences

In research, Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,196 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,903
of 28,054 · #17,866 all time
Rank in Finland
#63
of 80
Research works
572
▼ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.5k
9.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

What is Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences 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 #8,196 of 10,521 13.4%69 #8958

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences 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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 1.65× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.72× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.16× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.64× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.14× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.34× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.00× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.42× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.34× its world share, 43 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Jyrki Kullaa, Kari Salo and Merja Bauters lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences.

  1. 1 Jyrki Kullaa Finland · #172,534 worldwide 261 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Kari Salo Finland · #1,114,099 worldwide 16 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Merja Bauters Finland · #1,447,692 worldwide 18 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethics, Education, Pedagogy, Communication, Qualitative Research, Healthcare, Family Dynamics 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. Education13▲ 5.3×11 topics
  2. Ethics11▲ 16×5 topics
  3. Healthcare11▲ 6.7×8 topics
  4. Communication10▲ 24×3 topics
  5. Pedagogy10▲ 15×4 topics
  6. Qualitative Research10▲ 8.3×5 topics
  7. Family Dynamics10▲ 52×2 topics
  8. Phenomenology10▲ 62×2 topics
  9. Social Sciences10▲ 47×1 topic
  10. Work Environment10▲ 335×1 topic
  11. Globalization8▲ 2.9×18 topics
  12. Machine Learning8▲ 1.61×24 topics
  13. History5▲ 5.3×5 topics
  14. Identity4▲ 4.3×7 topics
  15. Nationalism4▲ 6.8×3 topics
  16. Immigration4▲ 26×3 topics
  17. Cultural Identity4▲ 5.1×4 topics
  18. Latin America4▲ 13×3 topics
  19. Corpus Linguistics3▲ 11×3 topics
  20. Housing3▲ 48×2 topics
  21. Language3▲ 9.0×2 topics
  22. Neural Machine Translation3▲ 22×1 topic
  23. Social Justice3▲ 3.7×9 topics
  24. Statistical Machine Translation3▲ 22×1 topic
  25. Canada3▲ 173×1 topic
  26. Social Policy3▲ 22×1 topic
  27. Higher Education3▲ 3.7×7 topics
  28. Politics3▲ 7.4×5 topics
  29. Neoliberalism3▲ 5.5×5 topics
  30. Community Engagement3▲ 5.7×5 topics
  31. Urban Development3▲ 4.9×7 topics
  32. Training2▲ 7.5×3 topics
  33. Natural Language Processing2▲ 6.8×3 topics
  34. Social Inequality2▲ 6.0×2 topics
  35. User Experience2▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Vibration-based Damage Identification2▲ 24×1 topic
  37. Wireless Sensors2▲ 24×1 topic
  38. Residential2▲ 79×1 topic
  39. Segregation2▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Embodiment2▲ 7.6×3 topics

Which research topics does Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Research in Social Sciences, Natural Language Processing Techniques, Canadian Identity and History and Structural Health Monitoring Techniques.

Research in Social Scien…10Research in Social Sciences: 10 fractional worksNatural Language Process…3Natural Language Processing Techniques: 3 fractional worksCanadian Identity and Hi…3Canadian Identity and History: 3 fractional worksStructural Health Monitoring Techniques: 2 fractional worksLatin American Urban Studies: 2 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applicat…2Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 2 fractional worksAugmented Reality Applications: 2 fractional worksRegional Socio-Economic Development Trends: 2 fractional worksHousing, Finance, and Neoliberalism: 1 fractional worksUltrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation: 1 fractional works
EducationArtificial IntelligenceSociology and Political ScienceCivil and Structural Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 Research in Social Sciences Education 10 works
  2. 2 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  3. 3 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  4. 4 Structural Health Monitoring Techniques Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Latin American Urban Studies Urban Studies 2 works
  6. 6 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 2 works
  7. 7 Augmented Reality Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2 works
  8. 8 Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends Demography 2 works
  9. 9 Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism Finance 1 works
  10. 10 Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation Mechanics of Materials 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 available55.3%not open44.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.2%domestic only75.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% 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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