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North Karelia Central Hospital

In research, North Karelia Central Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#8,835 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,518 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine — Medicine is 4.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#28,698
of 42,892
Rank in Finland
#116
of 183
Research works
298
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.5k
28.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is North Karelia 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 #8,835 of 17,978 24.1%210
Health SciencesDomain #11,518 of 20,462 23.5%222

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where North Karelia 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does North Karelia Central Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 4.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 26.5 works4.3×
← 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: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.57× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.27× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.69× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× 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, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at North Karelia Central Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Tuomas T. Rissanen and Jussi Sipilä lead among researchers whose main affiliation is North Karelia Central Hospital.

  1. 1 Tuomas T. Rissanen Finland · #339,755 worldwide 179 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Jussi Sipilä Finland · #1,084,896 worldwide 24 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at North Karelia Central Hospital

Which keywords describe research at North Karelia Central Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Atherosclerosis, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Coronary Stents, Myocardial Revascularization, Neurological Disorders, Heart Failure, Echocardiography and Guidelines.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 22 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Atherosclerosis3▲ 28×3 topics
  2. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention3▲ 59×3 topics
  3. Coronary Stents2▲ 143×1 topic
  4. Myocardial Revascularization2▲ 143×1 topic
  5. Epidemiology2▲ 1.50×22 topics
  6. Heart Failure2▲ 14×4 topics
  7. Neurological Disorders2▲ 10×10 topics
  8. Echocardiography2▲ 20×4 topics
  9. Guidelines2▲ 11×5 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress2▲ 3.1×11 topics
  11. Diabetes2▲ 10×9 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 4.1×5 topics
  13. Diagnostic Criteria2▲ 20×5 topics
  14. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 20×4 topics
  15. Neurodegeneration2▲ 15×5 topics
  16. Mitochondrial Dysfunction1▲ 14×3 topics
  17. Remote Monitoring1▲ 36×2 topics
  18. Sudden Cardiac Death1▲ 50×2 topics
  19. Anticoagulant Therapy1▲ 29×3 topics
  20. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy1▲ 92×1 topic
  21. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator1▲ 92×1 topic
  22. Risk Factors1▲ 3.1×9 topics

Which research topics does North Karelia Central Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics, Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research.

Coronary Interventions a…2Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…1Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 1 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…1Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksAcute Myocardial Infarction Research: 1 fractional worksGenetic Neurodegenerative Diseases: 1 fractional worksMultiple Sclerosis Research Studies: 1 fractional worksAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research: 0 fractional worksAntiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases: 0 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 0 fractional worksParkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 0 fractional works
SurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingCellular and Molecular Neuroscience2 others

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

  1. 1 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 2 works
  2. 2 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  4. 4 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 1 works
  6. 6 Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Neurology 0 works
  8. 8 Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurology 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 available38.8%not open61.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.7%domestic only84.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has North Karelia Central Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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