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LAB University of Applied Sciences

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,297
of 22,385 · #20,778 all time
Rank in Finland
#44
of 66
Research works
205
▲ 147% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.1k
10.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
71%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
LAB University of Applied Sciences

Which fields of science does LAB University of Applied Sciences work in?

In 2022-now, 58% of research at LAB University of Applied Sciences is in Social Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Business, Management and Accounting (26%), Social Sciences (21%), Engineering (13%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 67 fractional works · 58.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 30 fractional works · 26.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 8 fractional works · 7.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMarketing: 6 fractional works · 5.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 24 fractional works · 21.0% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 9.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 5.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 38 fractional works · 33.0% of its workEngineering: 15 fractional works · 13.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 10.0% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 5.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 7.3% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 4.8% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLAB University ofApplied Sciences115fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences58%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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. Business, Management and Accounting3026.2%
    2. Social Sciences2421.0%
    3. Psychology65.1%
    4. Decision Sciences32.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities11.2%
    1. Engineering1513.0%
    2. Computer Science1210.0%
    3. Environmental Science75.8%
    4. Energy11.0%
    5. Materials Science11.0%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.7%
    7. Mathematics10.6%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    10. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Medicine64.8%
    2. Health Professions32.4%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.6%
    2. Neuroscience00.4%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does LAB University of Applied Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 8.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 30.2 works8.1×
← 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, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.29× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.87× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.17× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.92× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8.13× its world share, 30 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.96× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.66× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.66× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 8.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting8.13×30 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.96×3 works
  3. Psychology1.66×6 works
  4. Social Sciences1.66×24 works
  5. Computer Science1.29×12 works
  6. Environmental Science1.17×7 works
  7. Energy1.10×1 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.97×2 works
  9. Health Professions0.92×3 works
  10. Engineering0.87×15 works
  11. Chemical Engineering0.62×0 works
  12. Mathematics0.49×1 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.45×1 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.40×1 works
  15. Materials Science0.29×1 works
  16. Neuroscience0.25×0 works
  17. Medicine0.25×6 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.21×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.20×0 works
  20. Nursing0.20×0 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×1 works
  22. Chemistry0.09×0 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at LAB University of Applied Sciences?

Ranked on the quality score, Sami Heikkinen, Kati Peltonen and Paul Carroll lead among researchers whose main affiliation is LAB University of Applied Sciences.

  1. 1 Sami Heikkinen Finland · #1,092,964 worldwide 180 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Kati Peltonen Finland · #1,443,715 worldwide 176 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Paul Carroll Finland · #1,751,682 worldwide 828 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Kati Manskinen Finland · #1,807,031 worldwide 469 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Heidi Myyryläinen Finland · #2,233,200 worldwide 44 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Eeva Aarrevaara Finland · #2,628,291 worldwide 514 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Mirja Kälviäinen Finland · #4,107,206 worldwide 63 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Afnan Zafar Finland · #4,279,828 worldwide 140 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Ilkka Väänänen Finland · #5,464,305 worldwide 168 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at LAB University of Applied Sciences

What are the most cited papers from LAB University of Applied Sciences?

The most cited paper from LAB University of Applied Sciences is "Nurses’ Adherence to Patient Safety Principles: A Systematic Review" (Mojtaba Vaismoradi, Susanna Tella, Patricia Logan et al., 2020), with 332 citations. Next come "Planning of Urban Green Spaces: An Ecological Perspective on Human Benefits" (301) and "Psycho-social factors associated with mental resilience in the Corona lockdown" (237).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Nurses’ Adherence to Patient Safety Principles: A Systematic Review Mojtaba Vaismoradi, Susanna Tella, Patricia Logan et al. · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ReviewOpen access 19 Mar 2020 332
2 Planning of Urban Green Spaces: An Ecological Perspective on Human Benefits Teodoro Semeraro, Aurelia Scarano, Riccardo Buccolieri et al. · Land Open access 22 Jan 2021 301
3 Psycho-social factors associated with mental resilience in the Corona lockdown Ilya Milos Veer et al. · Translational Psychiatry Open access 21 Jan 2021 237
4 Digital orientation, digital maturity, and digital intensity: determinants of financial success in digital transformation settings Mina Nasiri, Minna Saunila, Juhani Ukko · International Journal of Operations & Production Management Open access 11 Aug 2022 206
5 Olive oil-based method for the extraction, quantification and identification of microplastics in soil and compost samples Costanza Scopetani, David Chelazzi, Juha Mikola et al. · The Science of The Total Environment Open access 11 May 2020 192
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at LAB University of Applied Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Capital, Entrepreneurial Orientation, Opportunity Recognition, Ethics, Innovation, Environmental Management, Sustainability and Big Data.

▲ 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-now 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. Social Capital10▲ 18×9 topics
  2. Sustainability7▲ 2.6×21 topics
  3. Entrepreneurial Orientation6▲ 63×1 topic
  4. Opportunity Recognition6▲ 63×1 topic
  5. Innovation6▲ 4.9×11 topics
  6. Education5▲ 2.7×10 topics
  7. Ethics5▲ 8.3×3 topics
  8. Big Data5▲ 4.4×8 topics
  9. Environmental Management5▲ 9.9×4 topics
  10. Renewable Energy5▲ 2.8×16 topics
  11. Educational Technology4▲ 3.3×11 topics
  12. Healthcare4▲ 3.2×5 topics
  13. Social Media4▲ 2.5×10 topics
  14. Communication3▲ 9.2×2 topics
  15. Pedagogy3▲ 5.9×2 topics
  16. Qualitative Research3▲ 3.4×3 topics
  17. Consumer Behavior3▲ 4.6×3 topics
  18. Knowledge Management3▲ 5.2×6 topics
  19. Strategic Alliances3▲ 44×2 topics
  20. Phenomenology3▲ 26×2 topics
  21. Value Creation3▲ 76×2 topics
  22. Family Dynamics3▲ 21×1 topic
  23. Social Sciences3▲ 18×1 topic
  24. Supply Chain Management3▲ 3.0×7 topics
  25. Customer Experience3▲ 16×3 topics
  26. Higher Education3▲ 4.9×9 topics
  27. Student Engagement3▲ 6.7×6 topics
  28. Entrepreneurship3▲ 6.2×6 topics
  29. Co-Creation3▲ 51×2 topics
  30. Student Perceptions3▲ 12×3 topics
  31. Employability2▲ 51×2 topics
  32. Knowledge Sharing2▲ 13×4 topics
  33. Career Development2▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Graduate Attributes2▲ 62×1 topic
  35. Soft Skills2▲ 39×1 topic
  36. Circular Economy2▲ 7.1×3 topics
  37. Information Systems2▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Marketing Strategy2▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Environmental Innovation2▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Green Consumption2▲ 19×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Research in Social Sciences, Higher Education and Employability and Environmental Sustainability in Business.

Entrepreneurship Studies…6Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 6 fractional worksResearch in Social Sciences: 3 fractional worksHigher Education and Employability: 2 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 2 fractional worksInnovation and Knowledge Management: 2 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 2 fractional worksService and Product Inno…2Service and Product Innovation: 2 fractional worksSoftware Engineering Techniques and Practices: 2 fractional worksBusiness Strategy and Innovation: 1 fractional worksUniversity-Industry-Government Innovation Models: 1 fractional works
Management of Technology and InnovationEducationMarketingStrategy and Management2 others

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

  1. 1 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 6 works
  2. 2 Research in Social Sciences Education 3 works
  3. 3 Higher Education and Employability Education 2 works
  4. 4 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 2 works
  5. 5 Innovation and Knowledge Management Strategy and Management 2 works
  6. 6 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 2 works
  7. 7 Service and Product Innovation Marketing 2 works
  8. 8 Software Engineering Techniques and Practices Information Systems 2 works
  9. 9 Business Strategy and Innovation Strategy and Management 1 works
  10. 10 University-Industry-Government Innovation Models Management of Technology and Innovation 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 available70.9%not open29.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 147% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 LAB University of Applied Sciences as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00025% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%LAB University of Applied Sciences0.00074% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of LAB University of Applied Sciences over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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