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North Estonia Medical Centre

In research, North Estonia Medical Centre stands highest in Medicine (#6,609 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,906 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,078
of 22,385 · #24,096 all time
Rank in Estonia
#13
of 14
Research works
260
▲ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.4k
16.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
54%
world 40%
International
42%
world 18%
North Estonia Medical Centre

What is North Estonia Medical Centre 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 #6,609 of 14,558 9.8%159
Health SciencesDomain #7,906 of 16,688 9.5%174

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where North Estonia Medical Centre 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 North Estonia Medical Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research at North Estonia Medical Centre is in Health Sciences, 12% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (67%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Physics and Astronomy (5%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 53 fractional works · 71.8% of its workMedicine: 49 fractional works · 66.6% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 10.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 8.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 11.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 11.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNorth EstoniaMedical Centre74fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences72%Social Sciences5%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4966.6%
    2. Health Professions23.3%
    3. Nursing11.4%
    4. Dentistry00.4%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology57.0%
    2. Neuroscience22.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    1. Physics and Astronomy34.7%
    2. Engineering23.2%
    3. Materials Science11.9%
    4. Computer Science10.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    6. Chemistry00.2%
    7. Environmental Science00.1%
    8. Mathematics00.0%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Psychology22.5%
    2. Social Sciences12.0%
    3. Decision Sciences00.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
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: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.32× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.82× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.05× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.10× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.25× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.46× its world share, 49 worksMedicineNursing: 2.89× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.46×49 works
  2. Nursing2.89×1 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.10×3 works
  4. Neuroscience1.82×2 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.32×5 works
  6. Health Professions1.25×2 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.05×0 works
  8. Dentistry0.93×0 works
  9. Psychology0.82×2 works
  10. Veterinary0.57×0 works
  11. Materials Science0.55×1 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.54×0 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.37×0 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.29×0 works
  15. Engineering0.21×2 works
  16. Social Sciences0.15×1 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×0 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.12×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.10×0 works
  20. Computer Science0.09×0 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×0 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.06×0 works
  23. Mathematics0.03×0 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.03×0 works
  25. Environmental Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at North Estonia Medical Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, Anneli Elme, Peep Laanmets and E. Gershkevitsh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is North Estonia Medical Centre.

  1. 1 Anneli Elme Estonia · #161,828 worldwide 3.3k citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Peep Laanmets Estonia · #205,545 worldwide 2.6k citations · 74 works
  3. 3 E. Gershkevitsh Estonia · #1,137,065 worldwide 758 citations · 53 works
  4. 4 Klavdia Levina Estonia · #1,359,558 worldwide 988 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Tõnu Vanakesa Estonia · #1,472,258 worldwide 946 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Jüri Teras Estonia · #1,687,369 worldwide 1k citations · 57 works
  7. 7 Indrek Rätsep Estonia · #1,877,000 worldwide 822 citations · 56 works
  8. 8 Sten Saar Estonia · #1,896,137 worldwide 415 citations · 41 works
  9. 9 Vahur Valvere Estonia · #1,971,446 worldwide 1.8k citations · 43 works
  10. 10 Edward Laane Estonia · #2,177,722 worldwide 3.3k citations · 80 works
All ranked researchers at North Estonia Medical Centre

What are the most cited papers from North Estonia Medical Centre?

The most cited paper from North Estonia Medical Centre is "Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk" (Georg Ehret et al., 2011), with 2,085 citations. Next come "Modulation of Genetic Associations with Serum Urate Levels by Body-Mass-Index in Humans" (1,233) and "2013 Practice guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)" (1,203).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 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
2 Modulation of Genetic Associations with Serum Urate Levels by Body-Mass-Index in Humans Jennifer E. Huffman et al. · PLoS ONE Open access120 authors 26 Mar 2015 1,233
3 2013 Practice guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Giuseppe Mancia et al. · Journal of Hypertension 29 Aug 2013 1,203
4 Reappraisal of European guidelines on hypertension management: a European Society of Hypertension Task Force document Giuseppe Mancia et al. · Blood Pressure 2009 898
5 Genome-wide association analyses identify 18 new loci associated with serum urate concentrations LifeLines Cohort Study et al. · Nature Genetics Open access226 authors 21 Dec 2012 893
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at North Estonia Medical Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Guidelines, Cardiovascular Disease, Mortality, Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Chronic Kidney Disease, Inflammation and Heart Failure.

▲ 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. Epidemiology6▲ 1.99×49 topics
  2. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 4.8×21 topics
  3. Inflammation4▲ 2.5×27 topics
  4. Guidelines4▲ 10×10 topics
  5. Mortality3▲ 7.5×9 topics
  6. Risk Factors3▲ 3.8×15 topics
  7. Quality of Life3▲ 2.7×12 topics
  8. Chemotherapy3▲ 5.4×13 topics
  9. Clinical Trials2▲ 5.1×10 topics
  10. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 13×7 topics
  11. Diagnosis2▲ 3.4×11 topics
  12. Heart Failure2▲ 7.2×9 topics
  13. Management2▲ 4.0×15 topics
  14. Meta-Analysis2▲ 4.8×8 topics
  15. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention2▲ 21×4 topics
  16. Precision Medicine2▲ 5.4×6 topics
  17. Complications2▲ 5.1×8 topics
  18. Global Burden2▲ 4.7×8 topics
  19. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 11×6 topics
  20. Hemodialysis2▲ 29×2 topics
  21. Adjuvant Therapy2▲ 17×2 topics
  22. Cancer Risk2▲ 9.8×5 topics
  23. Nutrition2▲ 4.9×3 topics
  24. Radiotherapy2▲ 5.5×6 topics
  25. Surgery2▲ 6.1×6 topics
  26. Thrombosis2▲ 7.9×4 topics
  27. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 6.8×8 topics
  28. Dialysis2▲ 39×1 topic
  29. Peritoneal Dialysis2▲ 39×1 topic
  30. Targeted Therapy2▲ 9.4×3 topics
  31. Lung Cancer1▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Survival Analysis1▲ 6.8×5 topics
  33. Antibiotic Therapy1▲ 30×2 topics
  34. Atherosclerosis1▲ 6.1×7 topics
  35. Tumor Staging1▲ 16×2 topics
  36. CT Screening1▲ 25×1 topic
  37. Cervical Cancer1▲ 16×3 topics
  38. Positron Emission Tomography1▲ 25×1 topic
  39. Radiation Exposure1▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Treatment Guidelines1▲ 7.7×3 topics

Which research topics does North Estonia Medical Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Dialysis and Renal Disease Management, Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations and Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control.

Dialysis and Renal Disea…2Dialysis and Renal Disease Management: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis an…1Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 1 fractional worksClinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control: 1 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksColor Science and Applications: 1 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 1 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…1Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 1 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksAcute Myocardial Infarction Research: 1 fractional works
NephrologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePhysiologyEmergency Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 2 works
  2. 2 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control Physiology 1 works
  5. 5 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Color Science and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  7. 7 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  9. 9 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available53.6%not open46.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.7%domestic only58.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has North Estonia Medical Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is North Estonia Medical Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00027% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%North Estonia Medical Centre0.00025% in 202519801990200020102020

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