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Pirkanmaa Hospital District

In research, Pirkanmaa Hospital District stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,662 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,241 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#16,598
of 34,923
Rank in Finland
#74
of 159
Research works
334
▲ 32% vs 2018-21
Citations
9k
27.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Pirkanmaa Hospital District

What is Pirkanmaa Hospital District 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 #5,662 of 16,688 12.9%198
MedicineField #5,241 of 14,558 12.2%153

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pirkanmaa Hospital District 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 Pirkanmaa Hospital District work in?

In 2022-now, 63% of research at Pirkanmaa Hospital District is in Health Sciences, 20% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (50%), Social Sciences (10%), Health Professions (9%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 44 fractional works · 63.3% of its workMedicine: 35 fractional works · 50.3% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 9.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLeadership and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 20.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 9.5% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 6.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 11.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 5.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPirkanmaaHospital District69fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences63%Social Sciences20%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3550.3%
    2. Health Professions69.1%
    3. Nursing23.1%
    4. Dentistry10.9%
    1. Social Sciences79.5%
    2. Psychology46.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting23.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.7%
    5. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology45.8%
    2. Neuroscience33.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Engineering23.5%
    2. Environmental Science10.8%
    3. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    4. Computer Science00.2%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    6. Materials Science00.2%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
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: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.08× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.30× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.79× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.44× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.62× its world share, 35 worksMedicineNursing: 6.27× its world share, 2 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.13× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing6.27×2 works
  2. Health Professions3.44×6 works
  3. Medicine2.62×35 works
  4. Neuroscience2.30×3 works
  5. Psychology2.13×4 works
  6. Dentistry1.79×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.08×4 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.99×2 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.94×0 works
  10. Social Sciences0.75×6 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.64×0 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.31×0 works
  13. Engineering0.24×2 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.20×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.17×1 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.16×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.14×0 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.10×0 works
  19. Mathematics0.08×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.05×0 works
  22. Computer Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Pirkanmaa Hospital District?

Ranked on the quality score, Kati Vaajasaari, Heikki Kaipainen and Ämer Bilaletdin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pirkanmaa Hospital District.

  1. 1 Kati Vaajasaari Finland · #2,723,613 worldwide 559 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Heikki Kaipainen Finland · #4,792,294 worldwide 59 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Ämer Bilaletdin Finland · #5,273,684 worldwide 110 citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Mirja L. Tenhunen Finland · #6,020,336 worldwide 1.7k citations · 134 works
  5. 5 Ritva Mäkelä-Kurtto Finland · #6,409,431 worldwide 205 citations · 80 works
All ranked researchers at Pirkanmaa Hospital District

What are the most cited papers from Pirkanmaa Hospital District?

The most cited paper from Pirkanmaa Hospital District is "Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology" (The LifeLines Cohort Study et al., 2015), with 4,954 citations. Next come "Integrative approaches for large-scale transcriptome-wide association studies" (2,834) and "New insights into the genetic etiology of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias" (2,608).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology The LifeLines Cohort Study et al. · Nature Open access487 authors 10 Feb 2015 4,954
2 Integrative approaches for large-scale transcriptome-wide association studies Alexander Gusev et al. · Nature Genetics Open access 8 Feb 2016 2,834
3 New insights into the genetic etiology of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias Céline Bellenguez et al. · Nature Genetics Open access1,266 authors Apr 2022 2,608
4 Temporal development of the gut microbiome in early childhood from the TEDDY study Christopher J. Stewart et al. · Nature Open access Oct 2018 2,147
5 Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes Andrew Paul Morris et al. · Nature Genetics Open access204 authors 12 Aug 2012 2,021
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Pirkanmaa Hospital District?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Communication, Phenomenology, Qualitative Research, Epidemiology, Pedagogy, Ethics, Social Sciences 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. Epidemiology6▲ 2.3×50 topics
  2. Communication4▲ 19×4 topics
  3. Qualitative Research4▲ 6.8×3 topics
  4. Phenomenology4▲ 52×2 topics
  5. Healthcare3▲ 4.3×4 topics
  6. Education3▲ 2.8×3 topics
  7. Ethics3▲ 8.9×1 topic
  8. Inflammation3▲ 2.1×27 topics
  9. Pedagogy3▲ 9.1×2 topics
  10. Social Sciences3▲ 31×1 topic
  11. Depression3▲ 4.6×13 topics
  12. Public Health3▲ 2.6×16 topics
  13. Job Satisfaction2▲ 7.7×6 topics
  14. Mental Health2▲ 2.3×13 topics
  15. Quality of Life2▲ 2.2×23 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 2.7×19 topics
  17. Prevalence2▲ 7.5×9 topics
  18. Risk Factors2▲ 2.8×15 topics
  19. Management2▲ 3.7×14 topics
  20. Primary Care2▲ 7.7×11 topics
  21. Genetics2▲ 3.4×10 topics
  22. Child Development2▲ 5.6×3 topics
  23. Adolescents2▲ 5.8×7 topics
  24. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 2.7×13 topics
  25. Stress2▲ 6.0×6 topics
  26. Anxiety1▲ 4.2×6 topics
  27. Global Burden1▲ 3.8×6 topics
  28. Health Outcomes1▲ 7.6×5 topics
  29. Diabetes1▲ 3.7×9 topics
  30. Mortality1▲ 3.4×8 topics
  31. Obesity1▲ 2.5×9 topics
  32. Quality Improvement1▲ 10.0×8 topics
  33. Reflective Practice1▲ 10×3 topics
  34. Evidence-Based Practice1▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Open Innovation1▲ 29×1 topic
  36. Prevention1▲ 4.3×9 topics
  37. User-Centric Design1▲ 69×1 topic
  38. Clinical Outcomes1▲ 7.2×4 topics
  39. Cognitive Function1▲ 8.4×6 topics
  40. Psychological Interventions1▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Pirkanmaa Hospital District publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Research in Social Sciences, Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development, Social Work Education and Practice and Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum.

Research in Social Scien…3Research in Social Sciences: 3 fractional worksInnovative Approaches in…1Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development: 1 fractional worksSocial Work Education an…1Social Work Education and Practice: 1 fractional worksMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum: 1 fractional worksBreastfeeding Practices and Influences: 1 fractional worksHistorical Legal Studies and Society: 1 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 1 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…1Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 1 fractional worksNursing education and ma…1Nursing education and management: 1 fractional worksSchizophrenia research a…1Schizophrenia research and treatment: 1 fractional works
EducationManagement of Technology and InnovationPublic AdministrationPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5 others

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

  1. 1 Research in Social Sciences Education 3 works
  2. 2 Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development Management of Technology and Innovation 1 works
  3. 3 Social Work Education and Practice Public Administration 1 works
  4. 4 Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  5. 5 Breastfeeding Practices and Influences Epidemiology 1 works
  6. 6 Historical Legal Studies and Society Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  7. 7 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Nursing education and management Research and Theory 1 works
  10. 10 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 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 available47.3%not open52.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.1%domestic only77.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Pirkanmaa Hospital District's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% 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 Pirkanmaa Hospital District as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00024% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Pirkanmaa Hospital District0.00033% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Pirkanmaa Hospital District over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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