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Polar (Finland)

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World rank, all time
#25,365
of 34,923
Rank in Finland
#122
of 159
Research works
168
▼ 66% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.1k
18.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
36%
world 18%
Polar (Finland)

Which fields of science does Polar (Finland) work in?

In all years, 60% of research at Polar (Finland) is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (22%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (20%), Engineering (17%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 101 fractional works · 60.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 33 fractional works · 19.7% of its workGeophysics: 10 fractional works · 6.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 10 fractional works · 5.8% of its workOceanography: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeology: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 29 fractional works · 17.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 4.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 20 fractional works · 11.9% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 6.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMetals and Alloys: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 39 fractional works · 23.3% of its workMedicine: 36 fractional works · 21.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 10 fractional works · 6.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 5.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 11.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 7.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPolar (Finland)168fractional works, all years
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences60%Health Sciences23%Social Sciences11%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences3319.7%
    2. Engineering2917.4%
    3. Environmental Science2011.9%
    4. Computer Science106.1%
    5. Materials Science42.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy31.5%
    7. Energy10.4%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.3%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Medicine3621.6%
    2. Health Professions31.6%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Social Sciences127.0%
    2. Psychology31.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    6. Decision Sciences10.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences42.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.1%
    3. Neuroscience10.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
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: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.91× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8.02× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.46× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.70× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.72× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.28× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 1.00× its world share, 4 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 1.85× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.50× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 8.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences8.02×2 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.50×1 works
  3. Computer Science1.91×3 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.85×0 works
  5. Materials Science1.72×1 works
  6. Environmental Science1.70×2 works
  7. Energy1.46×0 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.28×0 works
  9. Medicine1.00×4 works
  10. Psychology0.98×1 works
  11. Social Sciences0.82×2 works
  12. Engineering0.60×2 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.46×0 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.39×0 works
  15. Neuroscience0.31×0 works
  16. Chemistry0.28×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Polar (Finland)?

Ranked on the quality score, Raija M. T. Laukkanen, Daniela Schäfer Olstad and Mark Rogers lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Polar (Finland).

  1. 1 Raija M. T. Laukkanen Finland · #1,331,168 worldwide 2.6k citations · 65 works
  2. 2 Daniela Schäfer Olstad Finland · #3,605,173 worldwide 211 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Mark Rogers Finland · #3,867,707 worldwide 19 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Philip M. Fontana Finland · #4,775,299 worldwide 53 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Phil Fontana Finland · #5,147,423 worldwide 94 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Polar (Finland)

What are the most cited papers from Polar (Finland)?

The most cited paper from Polar (Finland) is "Influence of high latitude ice cover on the marine Intertropical Convergence Zone" (John C. H. Chiang, Cecilia Marie Bitz, 2005), with 865 citations. Next come "Assessing Cardiorespiratory Fitness Without Performing Exercise Testing" (414) and "Dynamics of Recent Climate Change in the Arctic" (387).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Influence of high latitude ice cover on the marine Intertropical Convergence Zone John C. H. Chiang, Cecilia Marie Bitz · Climate Dynamics 20 Jul 2005 865
2 Assessing Cardiorespiratory Fitness Without Performing Exercise Testing Radim Jurča, Andrew S. Jackson, Michael J. LaMonte et al. · American Journal of Preventive Medicine Open access 16 Sep 2005 414
3 Dynamics of Recent Climate Change in the Arctic Richard E. Moritz, Cecilia Marie Bitz, Eric J. Steig · Science 29 Aug 2002 387
4 Endurance training guided individually by daily heart rate variability measurements Antti M. Kiviniemi, Arto Jorma Hautala, Hannu O. Kinnunen et al. · European Journal of Applied Physiology 11 Sep 2007 372
5 The impact of agile practices on communication in software development Minna Pikkarainen, Jukka Haikara, Outi Salo et al. · Empirical Software Engineering 23 May 2008 339
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Which keywords describe research at Polar (Finland)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, High-Intensity Interval Training, Arctic, Heart Failure, Remote Sensing, Heart Rate Variability, Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Exercise Capacity.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Climate Change25▲ 5.6×24 topics
  2. High-Intensity Interval Training15▲ 82×2 topics
  3. Remote Sensing11▲ 6.1×12 topics
  4. Arctic11▲ 60×4 topics
  5. Heart Failure10▲ 14×2 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 5.4×5 topics
  7. Heart Rate Variability10▲ 51×3 topics
  8. Cardiorespiratory Fitness10▲ 124×1 topic
  9. Exercise Capacity10▲ 124×1 topic
  10. Emotion Regulation7▲ 12×3 topics
  11. Autonomic Nervous System6▲ 61×1 topic
  12. Physiological Time Series6▲ 61×1 topic
  13. Physical Activity6▲ 10×6 topics
  14. Public Health6▲ 2.6×7 topics
  15. Wearable Sensors6▲ 37×3 topics
  16. Tectonics5▲ 19×3 topics
  17. Resistance Training5▲ 30×2 topics
  18. Performance Analysis5▲ 16×3 topics
  19. Water Quality5▲ 6.6×5 topics
  20. Ocean Circulation4▲ 19×3 topics
  21. Physiological Demands4▲ 47×1 topic
  22. Training Load4▲ 47×1 topic
  23. Hydrology4▲ 23×2 topics
  24. Tomography4▲ 9.7×3 topics
  25. Hydraulic Fracturing4▲ 22×2 topics
  26. Continental Margin4▲ 37×2 topics
  27. Crustal Structure4▲ 37×2 topics
  28. Food Security4▲ 6.2×6 topics
  29. Marine Sediments4▲ 29×2 topics
  30. Permafrost4▲ 53×2 topics
  31. Full-Waveform Tomography4▲ 48×1 topic
  32. Oil and Gas4▲ 68×2 topics
  33. Seismic Waveform Inversion4▲ 48×1 topic
  34. Exercise4▲ 15×3 topics
  35. Shale Gas4▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Photoplethysmography4▲ 59×1 topic
  37. Plate Tectonics4▲ 9.5×3 topics
  38. Remote Monitoring4▲ 19×1 topic
  39. Glacier3▲ 45×1 topic
  40. Water Availability3▲ 45×1 topic

Which research topics does Polar (Finland) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Educational Innovations and Challenges, Economic Systems and Logistics Management, Textile materials and evaluations and Cryospheric studies and observations.

Educational Innovations …2Educational Innovations and Challenges: 2 fractional worksEconomic Systems and Logistics Management: 1 fractional worksTextile materials and evaluations: 1 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 1 fractional worksSports Performance and Training: 1 fractional worksPolar Research and Ecology0Polar Research and Ecology: 0 fractional worksCardiovascular and exercise physiology: 0 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 0 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 0 fractional worksPlace Attachment and Urban Studies: 0 fractional works
Information SystemsGeneral Economics, Econometrics and FinancePolymers and PlasticsAtmospheric Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Educational Innovations and Challenges Information Systems 2 works
  2. 2 Economic Systems and Logistics Management General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1 works
  3. 3 Textile materials and evaluations Polymers and Plastics 1 works
  4. 4 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 1 works
  5. 5 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Polar Research and Ecology Ecology 0 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 0 works
  9. 9 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 0 works
  10. 10 Place Attachment and Urban Studies Sociology and Political Science 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 available28.4%not open71.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.3%domestic only63.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Polar (Finland)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 66% lower 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 Polar (Finland) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000041% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Polar (Finland)0.000059% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Polar (Finland) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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