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Social Insurance Institution

In research, Social Insurance Institution stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,130 of 20,462 worldwide), Medicine (#7,001 of 17,978 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#9,893 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health Professions — Health Professions is 9.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,337
of 28,054 · #18,420 all time
Rank in Finland
#72
of 80
Research works
751
▼ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
35k
46.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

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 #7,130 of 20,462 23.0%490
MedicineField #7,001 of 17,978 21.3%372
Social SciencesDomain #9,893 of 16,945 31.1%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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Social Insurance Institution specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health Professions takes 9.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Health ProfessionsField · 21.0 works9.6×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.14× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.20× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 2.68× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 9.59× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.26× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6.50× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.94× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 9.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Social Insurance Institution?

Ranked on the composite score, Antti Reunanen, Arpo Aromaa and Jenni Blomgren lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Social Insurance Institution.

  1. 1 Antti Reunanen Finland · #76,020 worldwide 169 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Arpo Aromaa Finland · #114,144 worldwide 338 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Jenni Blomgren Finland · #504,582 worldwide 15 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Timo Klaukka Finland · #871,113 worldwide 35 citations · 48 works
  5. 5 Lauri J. Virta Finland · #1,075,709 worldwide 20 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Erkki Palva Finland · #1,090,541 worldwide 9 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Leena Saastamoinen Finland · #1,383,345 worldwide 5 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Social Insurance Institution

Which keywords describe research at Social Insurance Institution?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 Economic Crisis.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 Health10▲ 7.9×13 topics
  2. Health Outcomes9▲ 41×5 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 9.4×4 topics
  4. Psychosocial Work Environment8▲ 355×1 topic
  5. Work-related Stress8▲ 103×1 topic
  6. Epidemiology6▲ 1.94×25 topics
  7. Labor Market6▲ 26×3 topics
  8. Unemployment6▲ 88×2 topics
  9. Economic Crisis6▲ 61×1 topic
  10. Precarious Employment6▲ 115×1 topic
  11. Quality of Life6▲ 4.8×8 topics
  12. Primary Care5▲ 16×8 topics
  13. Public Health4▲ 3.2×10 topics
  14. Social Support4▲ 8.3×5 topics
  15. Chronic Disease Management4▲ 23×5 topics
  16. Depression4▲ 4.8×9 topics
  17. Cost-effectiveness Analysis3▲ 48×1 topic
  18. Economic Evaluation3▲ 34×2 topics
  19. Health Utility Measures3▲ 48×1 topic
  20. Long-Term Care3▲ 49×2 topics
  21. Medication Adherence3▲ 69×2 topics
  22. Healthcare3▲ 3.2×7 topics
  23. Interventions3▲ 28×3 topics
  24. Pharmaceutical Industry3▲ 85×2 topics
  25. Prevalence2▲ 7.3×8 topics
  26. Comorbidity2▲ 26×3 topics
  27. Health Care Utilization2▲ 25×3 topics
  28. Patient Compliance2▲ 108×1 topic
  29. Treatment Adherence2▲ 108×1 topic
  30. Labor Force Participation2▲ 59×2 topics
  31. Mortality Risk2▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Glycemic Control2▲ 17×3 topics
  33. Health Care Spending2▲ 62×1 topic
  34. Health Equity2▲ 9.5×2 topics
  35. Insurance Markets2▲ 62×1 topic
  36. Neurobiology2▲ 9.8×5 topics
  37. Gender Inequality2▲ 17×3 topics
  38. Gender Roles2▲ 21×2 topics
  39. Health Disparities2▲ 9.3×3 topics
  40. Drug Development Costs2▲ 84×1 topic

Which research topics does Social Insurance Institution publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: 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 Studies: 6 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 3 fractional worksMedication Adherence and Compliance: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 2 fractional worksPharmaceutical Economics and Policy: 2 fractional worksIntergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving: 2 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 2 fractional worksRetirement, Disability, and Employment: 2 fractional worksResearch in Social Sciences: 2 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsEconomics and EconometricsFamily PracticeSociology and Political Science3 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 6 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 Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  7. 7 Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 Health disparities and outcomes Health 2 works
  9. 9 Retirement, Disability, and Employment Demography 2 works
  10. 10 Research in Social Sciences Education 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Social Insurance Institution's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

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