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Tallinn University

In research, Tallinn University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,211 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,048 of 5,988 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#629 of 1,896 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Communication, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Human-Computer Interaction (Communication is 9.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,766
of 22,385 · #5,036 all time
Rank in Estonia
#4
of 14
Research works
4.1k
▲ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
38k
9.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
54%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Tallinn University

What is Tallinn University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #1,211 of 9,585 12.6%766 #1517
Social SciencesField #1,048 of 5,988 12.9%444 #1242
Arts and HumanitiesField #629 of 1,896 16.1%120 #779
EducationSubfield #791 of 1,930 18.4%84 #1092
PsychologyField #937 of 2,121 8.1%129 #1364
Computer ScienceField #1,960 of 4,417 10.4%124 #3353
Physical SciencesDomain #5,274 of 10,670 9.9%230 #10459
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,275 of 2,526 12.2%128 #1379
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #719 of 1,187 12.0%82 #878

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tallinn University 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#1,517 #1,211
  2. Social Sciences#1,242 #1,048
  3. Arts and Humanities#779 #629
  4. Education#1,092 #791
  5. Psychology#1,364 #937
  6. Computer Science#3,353 #1,960
  7. Physical Sciences#10,459 #5,274
  8. Sociology and Political Science#1,379 #1,275
  9. Political Science and International Relations#878 #719
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Tallinn University work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research at Tallinn University is in Social Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (41%), Psychology (12%), Computer Science (11%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 917 fractional works · 70.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 532 fractional works · 40.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 150 fractional works · 11.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 99 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEducation: 96 fractional works · 7.4% of its workCommunication: 32 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSafety Research: 20 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 19 fractional works · 1.4% of its workUrban Studies: 19 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDemography: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnthropology: 15 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 13 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 158 fractional works · 12.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 52 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 46 fractional works · 3.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 34 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 19 fractional works · 1.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 141 fractional works · 10.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 38 fractional works · 2.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 34 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHistory: 17 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArcheology: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMusic: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 36 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 26 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 19 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFinance: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 25 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 264 fractional works · 20.2% of its workComputer Science: 142 fractional works · 10.9% of its workInformation Systems: 39 fractional works · 3.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 37 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 23 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 22 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 34 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 33 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 23 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOceanography: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 67 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMedicine: 40 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 25 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 19 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 60 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 23 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 20 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 17 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKTallinnUniversity1,309fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences70%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences53240.7%
    2. Psychology15812.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities14110.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting362.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance262.0%
    6. Decision Sciences251.9%
    1. Computer Science14210.9%
    2. Environmental Science342.6%
    3. Engineering332.5%
    4. Mathematics231.8%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences131.0%
    6. Physics and Astronomy100.8%
    7. Materials Science60.4%
    8. Energy20.2%
    9. Chemistry10.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine403.1%
    2. Health Professions251.9%
    3. Nursing20.2%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences231.8%
    2. Neuroscience201.5%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology151.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Tallinn University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Communication takes 9.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. CommunicationSubfield · 32.1 works9.0×
  2. Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield · 51.7 works8.7×
  3. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 22.5 works8.3×
  4. Computer Science ApplicationsSubfield · 22.7 works7.0×
  5. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 37.5 works6.5×
← 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: 0.38× its world share, 23 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.95× its world share, 20 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.40× its world share, 142 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 33 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.52× its world share, 34 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.50× its world share, 23 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.35× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.71× its world share, 25 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 40 worksMedicineNursing: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.73× its world share, 141 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.85× its world share, 36 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.95× its world share, 25 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.94× its world share, 26 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.95× its world share, 158 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.21× its world share, 532 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology3.95×158 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.73×141 works
  3. Social Sciences3.21×532 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.95×25 works
  5. Mathematics1.50×23 works
  6. Computer Science1.40×142 works
  7. Neuroscience0.95×20 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.94×26 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.85×36 works
  10. Health Professions0.71×25 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.61×13 works
  12. Environmental Science0.52×34 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.38×23 works
  14. Nursing0.36×2 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.35×10 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.22×15 works
  17. Energy0.18×2 works
  18. Engineering0.17×33 works
  19. Medicine0.16×40 works
  20. Materials Science0.13×6 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.12×0 works
  22. Veterinary0.09×0 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×1 works
  24. Chemistry0.05×1 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Tallinn University?

Ranked on the quality score, Danial Hooshyar, Kadi Liik and Eve Eisenschmidt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tallinn University.

  1. 1 Danial Hooshyar Estonia · #173,420 worldwide 2.3k citations · 107 works
  2. 2 Kadi Liik Estonia · #235,190 worldwide 1.7k citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Eve Eisenschmidt Estonia · #313,188 worldwide 1.2k citations · 74 works
  4. 4 María Jesús Rodríguez‐Triana Estonia · #382,265 worldwide 2.8k citations · 151 works
  5. 5 Merike Sisask Estonia · #406,275 worldwide 6.9k citations · 109 works
  6. 6 Anastassia Zabrodskaja Estonia · #424,462 worldwide 872 citations · 121 works
  7. 7 Lembi Lõugas Estonia · #544,364 worldwide 2.7k citations · 91 works
  8. 8 Rando Tuvikene Estonia · #550,849 worldwide 1.9k citations · 106 works
  9. 9 Luule Sakkeus Estonia · #607,468 worldwide 2.3k citations · 92 works
  10. 10 Katrin Tiidenberg Estonia · #728,127 worldwide 1.3k citations · 89 works
All ranked researchers at Tallinn University

What are the most cited papers from Tallinn University?

The most cited paper from Tallinn University is "TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access" (Jens Kattge et al., 2019), with 2,168 citations. Next come "GLOBAL-SCALE CLIMATIC CONTROLS OF LEAF DRY MASS PER AREA, DENSITY, AND THICKNESS IN TREES AND SHRUBS" (905) and "Pollen-based continental climate reconstructions at 6 and 21 ka: a global synthesis" (808).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access Jens Kattge et al. · Global Change Biology Open access729 authors 31 Dec 2019 2,168
2 GLOBAL-SCALE CLIMATIC CONTROLS OF LEAF DRY MASS PER AREA, DENSITY, AND THICKNESS IN TREES AND SHRUBS Ülo Niinemets · Ecology Feb 2001 905
3 Pollen-based continental climate reconstructions at 6 and 21 ka: a global synthesis Patrick J. Bartlein, Sandy P. Harrison, Simon Brewer et al. · Climate Dynamics Open access 29 Sep 2010 808
4 School-based suicide prevention programmes: the SEYLE cluster-randomised, controlled trial Danuta Wasserman et al. · The Lancet Open access 8 Jan 2015 787
5 Research review. Components of leaf dry mass per area – thickness and density – alter leaf photosynthetic capacity in reverse directions in woody plants Ülo Niinemets · New Phytologist Oct 1999 756
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Which keywords describe research at Tallinn University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Identity, Sociolinguistics, Ethics, Social Media, Multilingualism, Student Engagement and Bilingual Education.

▲ 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. Globalization102▲ 4.0×81 topics
  2. Machine Learning48◆ 1.10×51 topics
  3. Social Media48▲ 2.6×25 topics
  4. Education43▲ 1.90×51 topics
  5. Identity40▲ 4.3×42 topics
  6. Educational Technology38▲ 2.5×19 topics
  7. Artificial Intelligence38▲ 2.0×27 topics
  8. Ethics34▲ 5.1×27 topics
  9. Human Rights33▲ 2.5×35 topics
  10. Sociolinguistics29▲ 12×6 topics
  11. Student Engagement29▲ 5.6×12 topics
  12. Motivation27▲ 5.0×8 topics
  13. Multilingualism27▲ 13×3 topics
  14. Nationalism27▲ 4.5×21 topics
  15. Social Interaction26▲ 5.2×10 topics
  16. Literature26▲ 3.6×28 topics
  17. Higher Education26▲ 3.7×13 topics
  18. Bilingual Education25▲ 16×3 topics
  19. Language Policy25▲ 14×3 topics
  20. Neoliberalism25▲ 5.2×15 topics
  21. Migration23▲ 5.2×15 topics
  22. Online Communication23▲ 11×3 topics
  23. Technology Integration22▲ 5.4×7 topics
  24. Bilingualism22▲ 12×5 topics
  25. International Relations22▲ 6.9×17 topics
  26. Lifelong Learning22▲ 8.0×8 topics
  27. Digital Divide20▲ 6.1×9 topics
  28. European Union20▲ 7.0×8 topics
  29. International Law20▲ 4.8×14 topics
  30. Self-Regulation19▲ 8.1×6 topics
  31. Soviet Union17▲ 24×3 topics
  32. Informal Learning17▲ 9.9×5 topics
  33. Professional Learning Communities17▲ 25×2 topics
  34. European Integration16▲ 22×4 topics
  35. Political Communication16▲ 22×2 topics
  36. Deliberative Democracy16▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Accountability16▲ 9.4×3 topics
  38. Metacognition16▲ 7.8×5 topics
  39. Learning Analytics15▲ 9.7×2 topics
  40. Transparency15▲ 8.2×3 topics

Which research topics does Tallinn University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Multilingual Education and Policy, Social Media and Politics, Ethics and Social Impacts of AI and Online Learning and Analytics.

Multilingual Education a…15Multilingual Education and Policy: 15 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics13Social Media and Politics: 13 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 12 fractional worksOnline Learning and Anal…12Online Learning and Analytics: 12 fractional worksInnovative Teaching and …11Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods: 11 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 10 fractional worksHistorical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics: 10 fractional worksMedia Studies and Commun…10Media Studies and Communication: 10 fractional worksHistorical and Archaeological Studies: 9 fractional worksLinguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity: 9 fractional works
Linguistics and LanguageCommunicationSafety ResearchComputer Science Applications5 others

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

  1. 1 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 15 works
  2. 2 Social Media and Politics Communication 13 works
  3. 3 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 12 works
  4. 4 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 12 works
  5. 5 Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods Developmental and Educational Psychology 11 works
  6. 6 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 10 works
  7. 7 Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 10 works
  8. 8 Media Studies and Communication Communication 10 works
  9. 9 Historical and Archaeological Studies History 9 works
  10. 10 Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity Language and Linguistics 9 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 available54.3%not open45.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.0%domestic only77.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Tallinn University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Tallinn University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0050% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Tallinn University0.0054% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Tallinn University 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 counting5%10%15%Tallinn University12.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.9% in 2016.

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