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Oulu Deaconess Institute

In research, Oulu Deaconess Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,002 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,625 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#20,233
of 34,923
Rank in Finland
#95
of 159
Research works
211
▲ 41% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
59.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.10×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Oulu Deaconess Institute

What is Oulu Deaconess Institute 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
Health SciencesDomain #5,002 of 16,688 12.6%139
MedicineField #4,625 of 14,558 12.4%125

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Oulu Deaconess Institute 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 Oulu Deaconess Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Oulu Deaconess Institute is in Health Sciences, 35% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (40%), Psychology (17%), Social Sciences (15%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 13 fractional works · 49.8% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 39.8% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 11.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 7.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 8.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 34.8% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 16.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 6.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 15.0% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 6.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 10.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 5.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKOulu DeaconessInstitute26fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences50%Social Sciences35%

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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1039.8%
    2. Health Professions28.6%
    3. Dentistry01.4%
    1. Psychology416.9%
    2. Social Sciences415.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities01.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Environmental Science15.4%
    2. Engineering12.8%
    3. Computer Science01.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences01.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.3%
    3. Neuroscience00.8%
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: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 2.89× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.26× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.07× its world share, 10 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 5.54× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology5.54×4 works
  2. Health Professions3.26×2 works
  3. Dentistry2.89×0 works
  4. Medicine2.07×10 works
  5. Social Sciences1.18×4 works
  6. Environmental Science1.08×1 works
  7. Arts and Humanities0.67×0 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.62×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.54×1 works
  10. Neuroscience0.51×0 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×0 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.24×0 works
  13. Engineering0.19×1 works
  14. Computer Science0.17×0 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Oulu Deaconess Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, J Karpakka, Kaisu Kaikkonen and Riitta Pyky lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Oulu Deaconess Institute.

  1. 1 J Karpakka Finland · #1,637,730 worldwide 1.9k citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Kaisu Kaikkonen Finland · #1,780,254 worldwide 685 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Riitta Pyky Finland · #1,822,452 worldwide 640 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Jorma E. Heikkinen Finland · #2,176,344 worldwide 4k citations · 146 works
  5. 5 Marjukka Nurkkala Finland · #2,353,864 worldwide 233 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Marja Vanhala Finland · #3,120,749 worldwide 363 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 J. Haapalahti Finland · #4,881,474 worldwide 370 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Oulu Deaconess Institute

What are the most cited papers from Oulu Deaconess Institute?

The most cited paper from Oulu Deaconess Institute is "Sensitivity and False Alarm Rate of a Fall Sensor in Long-Term Fall Detection in the Elderly" (Maarit Kangas, Raija Korpelainen, Irene Vikman et al., 2014), with 18,953 citations. Next come "Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Changes in Lifestyle among Subjects with Impaired Glucose Tolerance" (10,985) and "The Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study (DPS)" (1,857).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Sensitivity and False Alarm Rate of a Fall Sensor in Long-Term Fall Detection in the Elderly Maarit Kangas, Raija Korpelainen, Irene Vikman et al. · Gerontology 13 Aug 2014 18,953
2 Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Changes in Lifestyle among Subjects with Impaired Glucose Tolerance Jaakko O. Tuomilehto, Jaana Lindström, Johan Gunnar Eriksson et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 3 May 2001 10,985
3 The Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study (DPS) Jaana Lindström, Anne M. Louheranta, Marjo Mannelin et al. · Diabetes Care Open access Dec 2003 1,857
4 Sustained reduction in the incidence of type 2 diabetes by lifestyle intervention: follow-up of the Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study Jaana Lindström, Pirjo Ilanne‐Parikka, Markku Peltonen et al. · The Lancet Nov 2006 1,819
5 Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults Honor Bixby et al. · Nature Open access1,155 authors 8 May 2019 758
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Oulu Deaconess Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Physical Activity, Cardiovascular Disease, Obesity, Mental Health, Chronic Diseases, Epidemiology and Physical Fitness.

▲ 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 25 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Public Health6▲ 15×9 topics
  2. Physical Activity5▲ 42×6 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 14×9 topics
  4. Epidemiology4▲ 3.8×17 topics
  5. Mental Health3▲ 8.3×7 topics
  6. Obesity3▲ 16×9 topics
  7. Chronic Diseases3▲ 43×3 topics
  8. Physical Fitness3▲ 75×2 topics
  9. Exercise3▲ 84×1 topic
  10. Sedentary Behavior3▲ 227×1 topic
  11. Prevalence2▲ 21×4 topics
  12. Adolescents2▲ 21×2 topics
  13. Health Effects2▲ 11×3 topics
  14. Childhood2▲ 89×1 topic
  15. Education2▲ 3.6×2 topics
  16. Overweight2▲ 94×1 topic
  17. Pedagogy2▲ 12×2 topics
  18. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy1▲ 38×2 topics
  19. Communication1▲ 17×2 topics
  20. Meta-Analysis1▲ 8.7×3 topics
  21. Qualitative Research1▲ 5.8×1 topic
  22. Social Sciences1▲ 34×1 topic
  23. Metabolic Syndrome1▲ 5.9×8 topics
  24. Circadian Rhythms1▲ 36×2 topics
  25. Social Support1▲ 7.3×4 topics

Which research topics does Oulu Deaconess Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Physical Activity and Health, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Research in Social Sciences and Sleep and related disorders.

Physical Activity and He…3Physical Activity and Health: 3 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 2 fractional worksResearch in Social Sciences: 1 fractional worksSleep and related disorders: 1 fractional worksHistorical Legal Studies and Society: 1 fractional worksHealth disparities and o…1Health disparities and outcomes: 1 fractional worksUrban Transport and Accessibility: 0 fractional worksDigital Mental Health Interventions: 0 fractional worksEating Disorders and Behaviors: 0 fractional worksUrban Green Space and Health: 0 fractional works
PhysiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEducationExperimental and Cognitive Psychology6 others

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

  1. 1 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 3 works
  2. 2 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  3. 3 Research in Social Sciences Education 1 works
  4. 4 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1 works
  5. 5 Historical Legal Studies and Society Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  6. 6 Health disparities and outcomes Health 1 works
  7. 7 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 0 works
  8. 8 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 0 works
  9. 9 Eating Disorders and Behaviors Clinical Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Urban Green Space and Health Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 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 available31.6%not open68.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Oulu Deaconess Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 41% higher 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 Oulu Deaconess Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000081% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Oulu Deaconess Institute0.00010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Oulu Deaconess Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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