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Invalidisäätiö

In research, Invalidisäätiö stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,619 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#4,149 of 14,558 worldwide) and Surgery (#955 of 3,248 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#11,783
of 34,923
Rank in Finland
#51
of 159
Research works
766
▼ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
29k
38.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Invalidisäätiö

What is Invalidisäätiö known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #3,619 of 16,688 12.3%646
MedicineField #4,149 of 14,558 12.3%612
SurgerySubfield #955 of 3,248 12.8%279

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Invalidisäätiö 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 Invalidisäätiö work in?

In all years, 84% of research at Invalidisäätiö is in Health Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (80%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Engineering (5%). It does 3.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 646 fractional works · 84.3% of its workMedicine: 612 fractional works · 79.9% of its workSurgery: 279 fractional works · 36.5% of its workRheumatology: 45 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 44 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEpidemiology: 38 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPharmacology: 31 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 28 fractional works · 3.7% of its workRehabilitation: 24 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhysiology: 17 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnatomy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 20 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOral Surgery: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPeriodontics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 61 fractional works · 7.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 37 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGenetics: 15 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 43 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEngineering: 37 fractional works · 4.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 29 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKInvalidisäätiö766fractional works, all years
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences84%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine61279.9%
    2. Health Professions202.6%
    3. Dentistry91.2%
    4. Veterinary30.4%
    5. Nursing10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology374.8%
    2. Neuroscience121.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology91.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    1. Engineering374.8%
    2. Materials Science30.5%
    3. Physics and Astronomy10.1%
    4. Computer Science10.1%
    5. Chemistry00.1%
    6. Mathematics00.1%
    7. Environmental Science00.0%
    1. Psychology70.9%
    2. Social Sciences50.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities20.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.16× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.24× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.22× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 3.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.58× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.27× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 1.75× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.35× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.27×12 works
  2. Dentistry3.10×0 works
  3. Health Professions2.58×1 works
  4. Psychology2.35×1 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology2.24×0 works
  6. Neuroscience2.22×1 works
  7. Nursing1.75×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.16×1 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.81×0 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.49×0 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.35×0 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.30×0 works
  13. Mathematics0.29×0 works
  14. Engineering0.22×1 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.18×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.08×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×0 works
  18. Materials Science0.06×0 works
  19. Environmental Science0.05×0 works
  20. Social Sciences0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Invalidisäätiö?

Ranked on the quality score, Heikki Hurri, Seppo Seitsalo and Hannu Alaranta lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Invalidisäätiö.

  1. 1 Heikki Hurri Finland · #257,398 worldwide 7.4k citations · 120 works
  2. 2 Seppo Seitsalo Finland · #875,794 worldwide 6.5k citations · 151 works
  3. 3 Hannu Alaranta Finland · #898,296 worldwide 7k citations · 164 works
  4. 4 Timo Laine Finland · #1,109,960 worldwide 1.6k citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Antti Eskola Finland · #1,289,188 worldwide 2.3k citations · 62 works
  6. 6 Teija Lund Finland · #1,303,258 worldwide 2.2k citations · 62 works
  7. 7 Matti E. Ylikoski Finland · #1,327,972 worldwide 1.8k citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Veijo Hoikka Finland · #1,369,300 worldwide 2k citations · 41 works
  9. 9 Dietrich Schlenzka Finland · #1,414,813 worldwide 4.3k citations · 120 works
  10. 10 Anders Langenskiöld Finland · #1,424,469 worldwide 2.8k citations · 87 works
All ranked researchers at Invalidisäätiö

What are the most cited papers from Invalidisäätiö?

The most cited paper from Invalidisäätiö is "FinnGen provides genetic insights from a well-phenotyped isolated population" (Mitja Kurki et al., 2023), with 4,362 citations. Next come "EFNS guidelines on the pharmacological treatment of neuropathic pain: 2010 revision" (1,881) and "Recommendations for the Pharmacological Management of Neuropathic Pain: An Overview and Literature Update" (1,333).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 FinnGen provides genetic insights from a well-phenotyped isolated population Mitja Kurki et al. · Nature Open access169 authors 18 Jan 2023 4,362
2 EFNS guidelines on the pharmacological treatment of neuropathic pain: 2010 revision Nadine Attal, G. Cruccu, Ralf Baron et al. · European Journal of Neurology Open access 7 Apr 2010 1,881
3 Recommendations for the Pharmacological Management of Neuropathic Pain: An Overview and Literature Update Robert H. Dworkin et al. · Mayo Clinic Proceedings Open access Mar 2010 1,333
4 NeuPSIG guidelines on neuropathic pain assessment Maija Haanpää, Nadine Attal, Miroslav Bačkonja et al. · Pain 20 Sep 2010 1,056
5 Mutations in Two Genes Encoding Different Subunits of a Receptor Signaling Complex Result in an Identical Disease Phenotype Juha Paloneva, Tuula Manninen, Grant P. Christman et al. · The American Journal of Human Genetics Open access Sep 2002 709
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Invalidisäätiö?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Low Back Pain, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Spinal Fusion, Complications, Biomechanics and Surgical Treatment.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology118▲ 3.8×64 topics
  2. Low Back Pain72▲ 57×3 topics
  3. Revision Surgery69▲ 76×2 topics
  4. Total Hip Replacement69▲ 76×2 topics
  5. Spinal Fusion64▲ 94×2 topics
  6. Complications62▲ 16×13 topics
  7. Biomechanics59▲ 24×9 topics
  8. Surgical Treatment52▲ 34×5 topics
  9. Inflammation47▲ 2.6×49 topics
  10. Degenerative Disc Disease46▲ 67×2 topics
  11. Surgical Management46▲ 13×13 topics
  12. Clinical Outcomes44▲ 29×6 topics
  13. Chronic Pain44▲ 25×5 topics
  14. Spinal Surgery42▲ 73×2 topics
  15. Osteoarthritis42▲ 44×4 topics
  16. Intervertebral Disc42▲ 83×1 topic
  17. Lumbar Disc Degeneration42▲ 83×1 topic
  18. Rehabilitation40▲ 14×9 topics
  19. Hip Arthroplasty40▲ 83×1 topic
  20. Wear Particles40▲ 83×1 topic
  21. Arthroplasty34▲ 54×2 topics
  22. Psychological Factors33▲ 23×4 topics
  23. Clinical Trials33▲ 7.0×11 topics
  24. Patient Satisfaction33▲ 17×7 topics
  25. Shoulder Function32▲ 50×2 topics
  26. Global Burden31▲ 7.5×7 topics
  27. Health-related Quality of Life29▲ 18×3 topics
  28. Outcomes29▲ 52×1 topic
  29. Total Knee Replacement29▲ 68×1 topic
  30. Disability29▲ 39×2 topics
  31. Health Status Questionnaires29▲ 54×1 topic
  32. Measurement Properties29▲ 54×1 topic
  33. Internal Fixation27▲ 48×2 topics
  34. Diagnostic Imaging27▲ 27×3 topics
  35. Infection Prevention25▲ 37×3 topics
  36. Regeneration23▲ 17×4 topics
  37. Femoroacetabular Impingement23▲ 109×1 topic
  38. Hip Arthroscopy23▲ 109×1 topic
  39. Scoliosis23▲ 125×1 topic
  40. Spinal Deformity23▲ 125×1 topic

Which research topics does Invalidisäätiö publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes and Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms.

Musculoskeletal pain and…2Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 1 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 1 fractional worksOsteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 1 fractional worksSleep and related disorders: 1 fractional worksCircadian rhythm and mel…0Circadian rhythm and melatonin: 0 fractional worksOccupational Health and Performance: 0 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 0 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 0 fractional worksFibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research: 0 fractional works
PharmacologyPathology and Forensic MedicineSurgeryRheumatology4 others

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

  1. 1 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 2 works
  2. 2 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  4. 4 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 1 works
  5. 5 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1 works
  6. 6 Circadian rhythm and melatonin Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 0 works
  7. 7 Occupational Health and Performance Occupational Therapy 0 works
  8. 8 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 0 works
  9. 9 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 0 works
  10. 10 Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Psychiatry and Mental health 0 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 available24.9%not open75.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.2%domestic only85.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Invalidisäätiö's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Invalidisäätiö as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000079% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Invalidisäätiö0.000069% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Invalidisäätiö 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.

10%20%30%Invalidisäätiö13.1% in 2010all institutions10.0% in 201020002010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 23.8% in 1990.

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