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Social Insurance Institution

In research, Social Insurance Institution stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,195 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#3,448 of 14,558 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#10,468 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions and Health Professions (General Health Professions is 16.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,307
of 22,385 · #9,315 all time
Rank in Finland
#58
of 66
Research works
751
▲ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
35k
46.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Social Insurance Institution

What is Social Insurance Institution 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 #3,195 of 16,688 17.3%490
MedicineField #3,448 of 14,558 17.7%372
Social SciencesDomain #10,468 of 14,833 10.7%177

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Social Insurance Institution 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 Social Insurance Institution work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Social Insurance Institution is in Health Sciences, 40% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Health Professions (25%), Medicine (23%), Social Sciences (18%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 46 fractional works · 50.1% of its workHealth Professions: 23 fractional works · 25.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 20 fractional works · 22.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedicine: 22 fractional works · 23.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workFamily Practice: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 36 fractional works · 39.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 17.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 12.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 10.8% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 6.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 6.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSocial InsuranceInstitution92fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences50%Social Sciences40%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Health Professions2325.0%
    2. Medicine2223.5%
    3. Dentistry11.6%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Social Sciences1617.7%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1212.8%
    3. Psychology66.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting21.7%
    5. Decision Sciences10.7%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology22.0%
    2. Neuroscience11.5%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.3%
    4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.3%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.7%
    1. Environmental Science11.5%
    2. Computer Science10.7%
    3. Mathematics10.6%
    4. Engineering00.4%
    5. Chemistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Social Insurance Institution specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 16.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 20.4 works16×
  2. Health ProfessionsField · 22.8 works9.5×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.94× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.82× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 3.19× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 9.47× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.22× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6.00× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.23× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.40× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 9.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions9.47×23 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance6.00×12 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.82×1 works
  4. Dentistry3.19×1 works
  5. Psychology2.23×6 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.94×2 works
  7. Social Sciences1.40×16 works
  8. Medicine1.22×22 works
  9. Neuroscience0.92×1 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.72×1 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.54×2 works
  12. Mathematics0.53×1 works
  13. Environmental Science0.31×1 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.24×1 works
  15. Nursing0.19×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.15×1 works
  17. Computer Science0.09×1 works
  18. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  19. Engineering0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Social Insurance Institution?

Ranked on the quality score, J. Maatela, Olli Impivaara and Helena Hämäläinen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Social Insurance Institution.

  1. 1 J. Maatela Finland · #358,862 worldwide 5.7k citations · 70 works
  2. 2 Olli Impivaara Finland · #491,658 worldwide 6.7k citations · 95 works
  3. 3 Helena Hämäläinen Finland · #507,557 worldwide 16k citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Sirkka Aunola Finland · #763,650 worldwide 18k citations · 85 works
  5. 5 Lauri Juhani Virta Finland · #983,363 worldwide 4.9k citations · 162 works
  6. 6 Merja Rastas Finland · #988,258 worldwide 15k citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Jouko K. Salminen Finland · #1,004,743 worldwide 3.5k citations · 64 works
  8. 8 Raimo Raitasalo Finland · #1,032,209 worldwide 2.1k citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Karoliina Koskenvuo Finland · #1,192,331 worldwide 1.6k citations · 47 works
  10. 10 Erkki Alanen Finland · #1,378,151 worldwide 2.4k citations · 48 works
All ranked researchers at Social Insurance Institution

What are the most cited papers from Social Insurance Institution?

The most cited paper from Social Insurance Institution is "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., 2001), with 10,985 citations. Next come "The Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study (DPS)" (1,857) and "Sustained reduction in the incidence of type 2 diabetes by lifestyle intervention: follow-up of the Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study" (1,819).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 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
2 The Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study (DPS) Jaana Lindström, Anne M. Louheranta, Marjo Mannelin et al. · Diabetes Care Open access Dec 2003 1,857
3 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
4 11-year follow-up of mortality in patients with schizophrenia: a population-based cohort study (FIN11 study) Jari Tiihonen, Jouko K Lönnqvist, Kristian Wahlbeck et al. · The Lancet 12 Jul 2009 1,362
5 Flavonoid intake and coronary mortality in Finland: a cohort study Paul Knekt, Ritva Jarvinen, Antti Reunanen et al. · BMJ Open access 24 Feb 1996 1,272
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Social Insurance Institution?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Health Outcomes, Cardiovascular Disease, Psychosocial Work Environment, Work-related Stress, Labor Market, Unemployment and Social Determinants of Health.

▲ 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. Mental Health11▲ 8.4×15 topics
  2. Health Outcomes10▲ 40×5 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 8.9×4 topics
  4. Psychosocial Work Environment8▲ 341×1 topic
  5. Work-related Stress8▲ 102×1 topic
  6. Epidemiology8▲ 2.1×25 topics
  7. Labor Market7▲ 28×3 topics
  8. Unemployment7▲ 95×2 topics
  9. Quality of Life7▲ 5.2×10 topics
  10. Economic Crisis7▲ 64×1 topic
  11. Precarious Employment7▲ 126×1 topic
  12. Social Determinants of Health7▲ 34×2 topics
  13. Primary Care6▲ 17×9 topics
  14. Depression4▲ 5.5×9 topics
  15. Chronic Disease Management4▲ 23×5 topics
  16. Public Health4▲ 2.9×11 topics
  17. Social Support4▲ 7.8×5 topics
  18. Healthcare4▲ 3.3×7 topics
  19. Cost-effectiveness Analysis3▲ 47×1 topic
  20. Economic Evaluation3▲ 32×2 topics
  21. Health Utility Measures3▲ 47×1 topic
  22. Prevalence3▲ 9.2×8 topics
  23. Long-Term Care3▲ 45×2 topics
  24. Medication Adherence3▲ 62×2 topics
  25. Interventions3▲ 25×3 topics
  26. Global Burden3▲ 5.4×4 topics
  27. Pharmaceutical Industry3▲ 80×2 topics
  28. Labor Force Participation2▲ 62×2 topics
  29. Comorbidity2▲ 23×3 topics
  30. Health Care Utilization2▲ 24×3 topics
  31. Patient Compliance2▲ 90×1 topic
  32. Treatment Adherence2▲ 90×1 topic
  33. Health Disparities2▲ 9.6×4 topics
  34. Mortality Risk2▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Communication2▲ 7.6×3 topics
  36. Glycemic Control2▲ 15×3 topics
  37. Elderly Care2▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Health Care Spending2▲ 60×1 topic
  39. Health Equity2▲ 8.1×2 topics
  40. Insurance Markets2▲ 60×1 topic

Which research topics does Social Insurance Institution publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Workplace Health and Well-being, Employment and Welfare Studies, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life and Medication Adherence and Compliance.

Workplace Health and Wel…8Workplace Health and Well-being: 8 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare S…7Employment and Welfare Studies: 7 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 3 fractional worksMedication Adherence and Compliance: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 2 fractional worksRetirement, Disability, and Employment: 2 fractional worksPharmaceutical Economics and Policy: 2 fractional worksIntergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving: 2 fractional worksResearch in Social Sciences: 2 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 2 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsEconomics and EconometricsFamily PracticeDemography3 others

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

  1. 1 Workplace Health and Well-being General Health Professions 8 works
  2. 2 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 7 works
  3. 3 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  4. 4 Medication Adherence and Compliance Family Practice 2 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  6. 6 Retirement, Disability, and Employment Demography 2 works
  7. 7 Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  8. 8 Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Research in Social Sciences Education 2 works
  10. 10 Health disparities and outcomes Health 2 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 available31.7%not open68.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.2%domestic only87.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Social Insurance Institution's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Social Insurance Institution as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00026% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Social Insurance Institution0.00041% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Social Insurance Institution over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%all institutions10.0% in 2025Social Insurance Institution6.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 31.8% in 1991.

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