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Lapland University of Applied Sciences

In research, Lapland University of Applied Sciences stands highest in Social Sciences (#10,270 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,965
of 22,385 · #19,887 all time
Rank in Finland
#50
of 66
Research works
244
▲ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8k
7.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
61%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Lapland University of Applied Sciences

What is Lapland University of Applied Sciences 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
Social SciencesDomain #10,270 of 14,833 5.4%136

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lapland 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

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

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Lapland University of Applied Sciences is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (32%), Engineering (11%), Medicine (8%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 38 fractional works · 52.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 23 fractional works · 32.1% of its workEducation: 15 fractional works · 20.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 6.1% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 6.8% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 6.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 19 fractional works · 25.7% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 11.5% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 7.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 17.0% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 8.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 7.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 5.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLeadership and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLaplandUniversity of…73fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences52%

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. Social Sciences2332.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting56.8%
    3. Psychology56.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities23.2%
    5. Decision Sciences22.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.4%
    1. Engineering811.5%
    2. Computer Science57.4%
    3. Environmental Science33.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.6%
    6. Mathematics00.5%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    8. Materials Science00.2%
    9. Energy00.1%
    1. Medicine68.4%
    2. Health Professions57.2%
    3. Nursing11.0%
    4. Veterinary00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.3%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.95× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.76× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.74× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.74× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 2.05× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.53× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.12× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.12× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.30× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.21× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.53× its world share, 23 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions2.74×5 works
  2. Veterinary2.53×0 works
  3. Social Sciences2.53×23 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.30×2 works
  5. Psychology2.21×5 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting2.12×5 works
  7. Nursing2.05×1 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.12×2 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.99×1 works
  10. Computer Science0.95×5 works
  11. Engineering0.76×8 works
  12. Environmental Science0.74×3 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.65×0 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.64×1 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.50×2 works
  16. Medicine0.44×6 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.43×2 works
  18. Mathematics0.39×0 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.32×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.26×0 works
  21. Neuroscience0.11×0 works
  22. Energy0.10×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.07×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Ari Talkkari, Jonna Löf and Petra Paloniemi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lapland University of Applied Sciences.

  1. 1 Ari Talkkari Finland · #2,233,226 worldwide 543 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Jonna Löf Finland · #3,298,064 worldwide 1 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Petra Paloniemi Finland · #3,881,536 worldwide 18 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Sanna Kyyrä Finland · #3,898,241 worldwide 21 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Pasi Satokangas Finland · #3,911,071 worldwide 3 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Salla Jutila Finland · #3,955,423 worldwide 36 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 Anu Harju-Myllyaho Finland · #3,991,344 worldwide 34 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Ari Pikkarainen Finland · #4,057,686 worldwide 45 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Pekka Iivari Finland · #4,095,114 worldwide 7 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Helena Kangastie Finland · #4,385,875 worldwide 3 citations · 55 works
All ranked researchers at Lapland University of Applied Sciences

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

The most cited paper from Lapland University of Applied Sciences is "The profile of recovery from stroke and factors influencing outcome." (M Kotila, O. Waltimo, Mikko Niemi et al., 1984), with 332 citations. Next come "The Geography of Fear: A Latitudinal Gradient in Anti-Predator Escape Distances of Birds across Europe" (241) and "The Regional Economics of Tourism in Northern Finland: The Socio-economic Implications of Recent Tourism Development and Future Possibilities for Regional Development" (171).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The profile of recovery from stroke and factors influencing outcome. M Kotila, O. Waltimo, Mikko Niemi et al. · Stroke Nov 1984 332
2 The Geography of Fear: A Latitudinal Gradient in Anti-Predator Escape Distances of Birds across Europe Mario Dı́az, Anders Pape Møller, Einar Flensted-Jensen et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 28 May 2013 241
3 The Regional Economics of Tourism in Northern Finland: The Socio-economic Implications of Recent Tourism Development and Future Possibilities for Regional Development Jarkko Saarinen · Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Dec 2003 171
4 Characterization of Dickeya strains isolated from potato and river water samples in Finland Jaana Laurila, Virpi Ahola, Ari Lehtinen et al. · European Journal of Plant Pathology 7 Feb 2008 129
5 Effects of urbanization on breeding birds in European towns: Impacts of species traits Jukka Jokimäki, Jukka Suhonen, M.-L. Jokimäki-Kaisanlahti et al. · Urban Ecosystems 23 Oct 2014 125
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Which keywords describe research at Lapland University of Applied Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Qualitative Research, Communication, Ethics, Pedagogy, Family Dynamics, Phenomenology and Healthcare.

▲ 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. Education10▲ 7.9×11 topics
  2. Qualitative Research9▲ 14×6 topics
  3. Communication8▲ 34×7 topics
  4. Ethics7▲ 19×3 topics
  5. Pedagogy7▲ 19×5 topics
  6. Family Dynamics7▲ 76×2 topics
  7. Phenomenology7▲ 88×2 topics
  8. Healthcare7▲ 8.2×3 topics
  9. Social Sciences7▲ 63×1 topic
  10. Work Environment7▲ 517×1 topic
  11. Curriculum Development4▲ 7.7×5 topics
  12. Sustainability4▲ 2.1×12 topics
  13. Community Empowerment4▲ 6.7×6 topics
  14. Health Education3▲ 10×6 topics
  15. Learning Outcomes3▲ 10×3 topics
  16. Assessment Methods3▲ 40×3 topics
  17. Engineering Education3▲ 50×3 topics
  18. Educational Technology3▲ 3.4×9 topics
  19. Environmental Management3▲ 9.9×3 topics
  20. Globalization3▲ 1.96×3 topics
  21. Lifelong Learning3▲ 17×4 topics
  22. Maternal Health2▲ 13×1 topic
  23. Stunting2▲ 18×1 topic
  24. Curriculum2▲ 31×2 topics
  25. Cyber-Physical Systems2▲ 11×3 topics
  26. Innovation2▲ 3.0×4 topics
  27. Motivation2▲ 7.3×4 topics
  28. Outcome-Based Education2▲ 119×1 topic
  29. Professional Skills2▲ 92×1 topic
  30. Higher Education2▲ 5.1×5 topics
  31. Social Interaction2▲ 7.0×4 topics
  32. Character Education2▲ 5.6×3 topics
  33. Islamic Education2▲ 6.9×2 topics
  34. Sustainable Development Goals2▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Health Research2▲ 20×3 topics
  36. Medical Education2▲ 8.2×3 topics
  37. Competencies2▲ 60×1 topic
  38. Sustainability Education2▲ 78×1 topic
  39. Environmental Education1▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Project-Based Learning1▲ 52×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Research in Social Sciences, Public Health and Nutrition, Engineering Education and Curriculum Development and Sustainability in Higher Education.

Research in Social Scien…7Research in Social Sciences: 7 fractional worksPublic Health and Nutrit…2Public Health and Nutrition: 2 fractional worksEngineering Education an…2Engineering Education and Curriculum Development: 2 fractional worksSustainability in Higher Education: 2 fractional worksSimulation-Based Education in Healthcare: 1 fractional worksEnvironmental Education and Sustainability: 1 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 1 fractional worksEducation and Character Development: 1 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 1 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Health: 1 fractional works
EducationPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthMedia TechnologyPhysiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Research in Social Sciences Education 7 works
  2. 2 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  3. 3 Engineering Education and Curriculum Development Media Technology 2 works
  4. 4 Sustainability in Higher Education Education 2 works
  5. 5 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare Physiology 1 works
  6. 6 Environmental Education and Sustainability Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  7. 7 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Education and Character Development Education 1 works
  9. 9 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 1 works
  10. 10 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 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 available60.6%not open39.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.7%domestic only86.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 University of Applied Sciences as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00028% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Lapland University of Applied Sciences0.00035% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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