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Laurea University of Applied Sciences

In research, Laurea University of Applied Sciences stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,079 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Information Systems (Information Systems is 9.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,818
of 22,385 · #11,371 all time
Rank in Finland
#32
of 66
Research works
678
▲ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.8k
8.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
57%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Laurea University of Applied Sciences

What is Laurea University of Applied Sciences known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #6,079 of 9,585 8.6%100 #6442

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Laurea 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 Laurea University of Applied Sciences work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research at Laurea University of Applied Sciences is in Social Sciences, 32% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (31%), Computer Science (23%), Business, Management and Accounting (11%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 109 fractional works · 52.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 65 fractional works · 31.2% of its workEducation: 23 fractional works · 11.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 16 fractional works · 7.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 11 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 23 fractional works · 11.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 66 fractional works · 32.1% of its workComputer Science: 48 fractional works · 23.1% of its workInformation Systems: 33 fractional works · 16.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 15 fractional works · 7.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Energy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 29 fractional works · 13.9% of its workMedicine: 16 fractional works · 7.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLaurea Universityof Applied…207fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences32%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences53%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences6531.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting2311.2%
    3. Psychology115.3%
    4. Decision Sciences42.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities31.4%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.4%
    1. Computer Science4823.1%
    2. Engineering157.1%
    3. Environmental Science20.9%
    4. Energy10.5%
    5. Mathematics10.3%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    1. Medicine167.6%
    2. Health Professions125.6%
    3. Nursing10.7%
    1. Neuroscience20.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Laurea University of Applied Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Information Systems takes 9.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Information SystemsSubfield · 33.2 works9.1×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.97× its world share, 48 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.47× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.14× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 1.42× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.47× its world share, 23 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.24× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.74× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.47× its world share, 65 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting3.47×23 works
  2. Computer Science2.97×48 works
  3. Social Sciences2.47×65 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.24×4 works
  5. Health Professions2.14×12 works
  6. Psychology1.74×11 works
  7. Nursing1.42×1 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.66×3 works
  9. Energy0.53×1 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.50×3 works
  11. Neuroscience0.49×2 works
  12. Engineering0.47×15 works
  13. Medicine0.39×16 works
  14. Mathematics0.24×1 works
  15. Environmental Science0.19×2 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×1 works
  18. Chemistry0.05×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.03×0 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Jukka Ojasalo, Soile Juujärvi and Jyrki Suomala lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Laurea University of Applied Sciences.

  1. 1 Jukka Ojasalo Finland · #1,428,450 worldwide 1.3k citations · 69 works
  2. 2 Soile Juujärvi Finland · #1,751,615 worldwide 797 citations · 59 works
  3. 3 Jyrki Suomala Finland · #1,976,570 worldwide 528 citations · 49 works
  4. 4 Mikko V. Julin Finland · #2,091,005 worldwide 891 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Mikko Häkkinen Finland · #2,135,644 worldwide 103 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Outi Maria Ahonen Finland · #2,248,023 worldwide 470 citations · 68 works
  7. 7 Katri Ojasalo Finland · #2,251,475 worldwide 882 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Elina Rajalahti Finland · #2,327,673 worldwide 322 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Päivi Marjanen Finland · #2,331,563 worldwide 278 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Eeva Järveläinen Finland · #2,362,097 worldwide 134 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Laurea University of Applied Sciences

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

The most cited paper from Laurea University of Applied Sciences is "Service productivity" (Christian Grönroos, Katri Ojasalo, 2002), with 596 citations. Next come "Living Labs as Open-Innovation Networks" (491) and "Differential Market Reactions to Revenue and Expense Surprises" (350).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Service productivity Christian Grönroos, Katri Ojasalo · Journal of Business Research 30 Oct 2002 596
2 Living Labs as Open-Innovation Networks Seppo Leminen, Mika Westerlund, Anna‐Greta Nyström · Technology Innovation Management Review Open access 12 Sep 2012 491
3 Differential Market Reactions to Revenue and Expense Surprises Yonca Ertimur, Joshua Livnat, Minna Martikainen · Review of Accounting Studies Jun 2003 350
4 Actor roles and role patterns influencing innovation in living labs Anna‐Greta Nyström, Seppo Leminen, Mika Westerlund et al. · Industrial Marketing Management 18 Jan 2014 257
5 Learning entrepreneurship in higher education Vesa Pekka Taatila · Education + Training 6 Feb 2010 245
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Laurea University of Applied Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Management, Cybersecurity, Information Security, Policy Compliance, Healthcare, Ethics, Communication and Pedagogy.

▲ 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. Risk Management28▲ 29×4 topics
  2. Cybersecurity24▲ 47×4 topics
  3. Information Security21▲ 104×1 topic
  4. Policy Compliance21▲ 254×1 topic
  5. Healthcare21▲ 8.7×10 topics
  6. Education19▲ 5.2×11 topics
  7. Ethics18▲ 18×7 topics
  8. Machine Learning18▲ 2.5×19 topics
  9. Communication17▲ 25×4 topics
  10. Pedagogy16▲ 16×3 topics
  11. Qualitative Research16▲ 9.1×5 topics
  12. Phenomenology15▲ 70×2 topics
  13. Family Dynamics14▲ 55×1 topic
  14. Social Sciences14▲ 49×1 topic
  15. Big Data11▲ 5.8×9 topics
  16. Artificial Intelligence10▲ 3.4×14 topics
  17. Security8▲ 6.2×11 topics
  18. Educational Technology8▲ 3.3×13 topics
  19. E-Learning7▲ 3.5×7 topics
  20. Information Warfare6▲ 88×2 topics
  21. International Law6▲ 9.0×4 topics
  22. Higher Education6▲ 5.2×11 topics
  23. Cyber-Physical Systems6▲ 10×4 topics
  24. Law Enforcement6▲ 47×3 topics
  25. Disruption Mitigation6▲ 54×1 topic
  26. Drug Trafficking6▲ 47×2 topics
  27. Supply Chain Resilience6▲ 54×1 topic
  28. Victimization6▲ 88×2 topics
  29. Cybercrime5▲ 42×2 topics
  30. Informal Learning5▲ 20×4 topics
  31. Lifelong Learning5▲ 12×8 topics
  32. Public-Private Partnerships5▲ 33×2 topics
  33. Privacy5▲ 8.4×5 topics
  34. Co-Creation5▲ 54×2 topics
  35. Cyber Security5▲ 50×1 topic
  36. Internet Governance5▲ 140×1 topic
  37. Dark Web5▲ 90×1 topic
  38. Identity Theft5▲ 90×1 topic
  39. Surveillance5▲ 7.9×2 topics
  40. Digital Divide4▲ 7.8×5 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Information and Cyber Security, Research in Social Sciences, Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management and Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies.

Information and Cyber Se…21Information and Cyber Security: 21 fractional worksResearch in Social Scien…14Research in Social Sciences: 14 fractional worksSupply Chain Resilience and Risk Management: 6 fractional worksCybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies: 5 fractional worksCybercrime and Law Enfor…5Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies: 5 fractional worksSmart Grid Security and Resilience: 3 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 3 fractional worksInnovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detection Techniques: 2 fractional worksService and Product Innovation: 2 fractional works
Information SystemsEducationStrategy and ManagementPolitical Science and International Relations5 others

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

  1. 1 Information and Cyber Security Information Systems 21 works
  2. 2 Research in Social Sciences Education 14 works
  3. 3 Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management Strategy and Management 6 works
  4. 4 Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  5. 5 Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies Information Systems 5 works
  6. 6 Smart Grid Security and Resilience Control and Systems Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 3 works
  8. 8 Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development Management of Technology and Innovation 3 works
  9. 9 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 2 works
  10. 10 Service and Product Innovation Marketing 2 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 available57.0%not open43.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.5%domestic only86.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% 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 Laurea University of Applied Sciences as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00089% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Laurea University of Applied Sciences0.00089% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Laurea University of Applied Sciences 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.

still counting5%10%15%Laurea University of Applied Sciences10.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.2% in 2020.

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