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Lapland Central Hospital

In research, Lapland Central Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,426 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,065 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#26,605
of 34,923
Rank in Finland
#125
of 159
Research works
189
▼ 58% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.3k
28.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
Lapland Central Hospital

What is Lapland Central Hospital 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
MedicineField #6,426 of 14,558 11.1%139
Health SciencesDomain #8,065 of 16,688 10.6%149

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

In all years, 79% of research at Lapland Central Hospital is in Health Sciences, 12% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (74%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Health Professions (4%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 149 fractional works · 78.6% of its workMedicine: 139 fractional works · 73.7% of its workSurgery: 19 fractional works · 10.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 18 fractional works · 9.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 13 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEpidemiology: 13 fractional works · 6.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 23 fractional works · 12.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLapland CentralHospital189fractional works, all years
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences79%Social Sciences6%

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. Medicine13973.7%
    2. Health Professions84.2%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology126.4%
    2. Neuroscience52.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology41.9%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Psychology52.8%
    2. Social Sciences41.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    5. Decision Sciences00.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.0%
    1. Environmental Science31.4%
    2. Engineering21.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    4. Mathematics00.2%
    5. Materials Science00.1%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Computer Science00.1%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.33× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.22× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMathematics: 2.17× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.68× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.36× its world share, 6 worksMedicineVeterinary: 12.54× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 12.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 12 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary12.54×0 works
  2. Medicine3.36×6 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology3.22×0 works
  4. Health Professions2.68×1 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.33×1 works
  6. Mathematics2.17×0 works
  7. Neuroscience1.07×0 works
  8. Psychology0.42×0 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.38×0 works
  10. Engineering0.20×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.11×0 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Lapland Central Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, P. Volmanen, Markku Broas and Olli Säynäjäkangas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lapland Central Hospital.

  1. 1 P. Volmanen Finland · #1,851,824 worldwide 568 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Markku Broas Finland · #1,907,709 worldwide 1.7k citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Olli Säynäjäkangas Finland · #2,092,788 worldwide 664 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Tuula Toljamo Finland · #2,222,253 worldwide 768 citations · 49 works
  5. 5 Jukka V. I. Valanne Finland · #2,438,616 worldwide 779 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Katri S. Vuopala Finland · #2,841,579 worldwide 1.8k citations · 55 works
  7. 7 Toini Uutela Finland · #3,038,341 worldwide 582 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Pekka Valmari Finland · #4,107,625 worldwide 620 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Lapland Central Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Lapland Central Hospital?

The most cited paper from Lapland Central Hospital is "Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index" (MAGIC et al., 2010), with 2,999 citations. Next come "Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk" (2,085) and "Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height" (2,063).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index MAGIC et al. · Nature Genetics Open access376 authors 10 Oct 2010 2,999
2 Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk Georg Ehret et al. · Nature Open access346 authors 9 Sep 2011 2,085
3 Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height Hana Lango Allen et al. · Nature Open access293 authors 29 Sep 2010 2,063
4 Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution MAGIC et al. · Nature Genetics 301 authors 10 Oct 2010 965
5 First cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the WHO European Region, 24 January to 21 February 2020 Gianfranco Spiteri et al. · Eurosurveillance Open access 5 Mar 2020 714
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Which keywords describe research at Lapland Central Hospital?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Inflammation, Global Burden, Guidelines, Pain Management, Diagnosis and Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology21▲ 2.8×63 topics
  2. Inflammation15▲ 3.4×45 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease12▲ 5.9×29 topics
  4. Global Burden9▲ 8.8×9 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress9▲ 2.6×32 topics
  6. Diagnosis8▲ 4.4×19 topics
  7. Management8▲ 5.2×14 topics
  8. Guidelines7▲ 7.8×10 topics
  9. Pain Management7▲ 16×6 topics
  10. Treatment7▲ 2.7×22 topics
  11. Depression6▲ 4.5×12 topics
  12. Risk Factors6▲ 3.0×15 topics
  13. Biomarkers6▲ 4.8×12 topics
  14. Chronic Pain5▲ 12×4 topics
  15. Heart Failure5▲ 6.0×10 topics
  16. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 11×7 topics
  17. Perioperative Care5▲ 22×3 topics
  18. Postoperative Pain5▲ 25×2 topics
  19. Respiratory4▲ 23×2 topics
  20. Diabetes4▲ 4.4×11 topics
  21. Mortality4▲ 4.6×11 topics
  22. COPD4▲ 33×1 topic
  23. spirometry4▲ 33×1 topic
  24. Analgesia4▲ 28×1 topic
  25. Regional Anesthesia4▲ 36×1 topic
  26. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 5.6×7 topics
  27. Complications4▲ 3.8×10 topics
  28. Surgical Management4▲ 4.3×8 topics
  29. Primary Care4▲ 4.4×8 topics
  30. Atherosclerosis3▲ 4.9×9 topics
  31. Chronic Kidney Disease3▲ 7.2×7 topics
  32. Clinical Outcomes3▲ 8.8×5 topics
  33. Pulmonary Hypertension3▲ 10×2 topics
  34. Cancer Risk3▲ 6.3×7 topics
  35. Postoperative Nausea3▲ 82×1 topic
  36. Sepsis3▲ 9.8×6 topics
  37. Vomiting Prevention3▲ 82×1 topic
  38. Psychiatric Disorders3▲ 9.5×4 topics
  39. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis3▲ 27×2 topics
  40. Preterm Infants3▲ 8.9×2 topics

Which research topics does Lapland Central Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials, Nutritional Studies and Diet and Heat shock proteins research.

Dementia and Cognitive I…0Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 0 fractional worksStatistical Methods in C…0Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials: 0 fractional worksNutritional Studies and Diet: 0 fractional worksHeat shock proteins research: 0 fractional worksAdvanced X-ray and CT Imaging: 0 fractional worksUrinary and Genital Oncology Studies: 0 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 0 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …0SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 0 fractional worksRadiation Dose and Imaging: 0 fractional worksPsychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments: 0 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthStatistics and ProbabilityPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthMolecular Biology5 others

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

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  2. 2 Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials Statistics and Probability 0 works
  3. 3 Nutritional Studies and Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  4. 4 Heat shock proteins research Molecular Biology 0 works
  5. 5 Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Urinary and Genital Oncology Studies Surgery 0 works
  7. 7 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 0 works
  8. 8 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 0 works
  9. 9 Radiation Dose and Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  10. 10 Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments 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 available34.0%not open66.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.9%domestic only79.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Lapland Central Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 58% 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 Lapland Central Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000043% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Lapland Central Hospital0.000029% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Lapland Central Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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