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Rikola (Finland)

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Research works
9
▲ 169% vs 2018-21
Citations
120
13.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Rikola (Finland)

Not ranked overall: Rikola (Finland) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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

In all years, 49% of research at Rikola (Finland) is in Physical Sciences, 37% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (35%), Engineering (25%), Environmental Science (20%).

Physical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 48.8% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 24.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 11.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 20.2% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 12.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 5.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 37.2% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 35.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 8.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 5.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 7.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 7.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 6.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 4.0% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRikola (Finland)9fractional works, all years
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences49%Health Sciences37%Social Sciences7%

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 10 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering224.7%
    2. Environmental Science220.2%
    3. Chemistry01.8%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences01.8%
    5. Computer Science00.2%
    1. Medicine335.4%
    2. Dentistry01.8%
    1. Social Sciences17.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences15.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.9%
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.

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

The most cited paper from Rikola (Finland) is "Hypochlorhydric stomach: a risk condition for calcium malabsorption and osteoporosis?" (P. Sipponen, Matti Härkönen, 2009), with 91 citations. Next come "A molecular‐based identification resource for the arthropods of Finland" (90) and "A plea for a worldwide development of dark infrastructure for biodiversity – Practical examples and ways to go forward" (72).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Hypochlorhydric stomach: a risk condition for calcium malabsorption and osteoporosis? P. Sipponen, Matti Härkönen · Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology 3 Dec 2009 91
2 A molecular‐based identification resource for the arthropods of Finland Tomas V. Roslin et al. · Molecular Ecology Resources Open access 25 Sep 2021 90
3 A plea for a worldwide development of dark infrastructure for biodiversity – Practical examples and ways to go forward Romain Sordello et al. · Landscape and Urban Planning Open access 15 Dec 2021 72
4 LED-based NIR spectrometer module for hand-held and process analyser applications Jouko Malinen, Markku Känsäkoski, Raimo Rikola et al. · Sensors and Actuators B Chemical Aug 1998 47
5 2D HYPERSPECTRAL FRAME IMAGER CAMERA DATA IN PHOTOGRAMMETRIC MOSAICKING A. Mäkeläinen, Heikki K. Saari, I. Hippi et al. · ˜The œinternational archives of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences/International archives of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences Open access 16 Aug 2013 24
All 10 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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

By volume in 2022-now: Nuclear and radioactivity studies, Risk Perception and Management, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies and Forest Insect Ecology and Management.

Nuclear and radioactivit…0Nuclear and radioactivity studies: 0 fractional worksRisk Perception and Mana…0Risk Perception and Management: 0 fractional worksAnimal Ecology and Behavior Studies: 0 fractional worksForest Insect Ecology an…0Forest Insect Ecology and Management: 0 fractional worksNuclear Issues and Defense0Nuclear Issues and Defense: 0 fractional worksPlant and animal studies0Plant and animal studies: 0 fractional worksSeismic Performance and Analysis: 0 fractional worksStructural Load-Bearing Analysis: 0 fractional worksStructural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete: 0 fractional worksPower Transformer Diagnostics and Insulation: 0 fractional works
Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualitySociology and Political ScienceEcologyPolitical Science and International Relations4 others

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

  1. 1 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 0 works
  2. 2 Risk Perception and Management Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  3. 3 Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies Ecology 0 works
  4. 4 Forest Insect Ecology and Management Ecology 0 works
  5. 5 Nuclear Issues and Defense Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  6. 6 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  7. 7 Seismic Performance and Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Structural Load-Bearing Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Building and Construction 0 works
  10. 10 Power Transformer Diagnostics and Insulation Electrical and Electronic Engineering 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 available37.0%not open63.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.9%domestic only75.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 169% 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 Rikola (Finland) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000019% in 2022.

still counting0.000050%0.00010%0.00015%Rikola (Finland)0.000014% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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