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Tampere University

In research, Tampere University stands highest in Political Science and International Relations (#19 of 1,201 worldwide), Social Sciences (#103 of 6,365 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#178 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Administration, Human-Computer Interaction and Hardware and Architecture — Public Administration is 10.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#798
of 28,054 · #1,289 all time
Rank in Finland
#6
of 80
Research works
19k
▲ 141% vs 2013–17
Citations
358k
18.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is Tampere University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #19 of 1,201 42.7%224 #157
Social SciencesField #103 of 6,365 30.2%1,513 #266
Social SciencesDomain #178 of 10,521 30.6%2,571 #367
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #127 of 2,578 39.4%372 #282
Business, Management and AccountingField #190 of 2,578 40.5%241 #530
Physical SciencesDomain #1,000 of 12,888 17.2%2,323 #1643
Health SciencesDomain #945 of 11,982 20.7%714 #1083
Computer ScienceField #388 of 4,667 21.2%669 #707
EducationSubfield #158 of 1,892 16.0%537 #327
PsychologyField #183 of 2,181 29.7%361 #360

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tampere 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Political Science and International Relations#157 #19
  2. Social Sciences#266 #103
  3. Social Sciences#367 #178
  4. Sociology and Political Science#282 #127
  5. Business, Management and Accounting#530 #190
  6. Physical Sciences#1,643 #1,000
  7. Health Sciences#1,083 #945
  8. Computer Science#707 #388
  9. Education#327 #158
  10. Psychology#360 #183
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Tampere University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Public Administration takes 10.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Public AdministrationSubfield · 32.9 works10×
  2. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 72.6 works6.0×
  3. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 30.3 works4.6×
  4. CommunicationSubfield · 63.8 works4.0×
  5. Signal ProcessingSubfield · 54.9 works3.1×
  6. EducationSubfield · 537.4 works3.0×
  7. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 71.9 works2.8×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 33 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 117 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.91× its world share, 87 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.35× its world share, 32 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.47× its world share, 669 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 37 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.64× its world share, 35 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.26× its world share, 1,109 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.48× its world share, 140 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.72× its world share, 147 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.46× its world share, 32 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.87× its world share, 113 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.30× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.26× its world share, 194 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 496 worksMedicineNursing: 0.48× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.78× its world share, 301 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.28× its world share, 242 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.41× its world share, 80 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 74 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.02× its world share, 361 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.04× its world share, 1,513 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Tampere University?

Ranked on the composite score, Kalervo Järvelin, Juho Hamari and Reijo Savolainen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tampere University.

  1. 1 Kalervo Järvelin · #4,940 worldwide 1.4k citations · 64 works
  2. 2 Juho Hamari · #9,757 worldwide 1.3k citations · 114 works
  3. 3 Reijo Savolainen · #11,231 worldwide 1.6k citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Taneli Riihonen · #34,527 worldwide 509 citations · 59 works
  5. 5 Esa Rahtu · #37,867 worldwide 590 citations · 64 works
  6. 6 Pertti Vakkari · #38,950 worldwide 253 citations · 41 works
  7. 7 Annalisa Sannino · #60,663 worldwide 581 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Dmitri Moltchanov · #64,566 worldwide 383 citations · 79 works
  9. 9 Tuomas Virtanen · #71,141 worldwide 772 citations · 129 works
  10. 10 Pertti Alasuutari · #78,351 worldwide 167 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Tampere University

Which keywords describe research at Tampere University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethics, Healthcare, Qualitative Research, Communication, Pedagogy, Social Sciences, Phenomenology and Family Dynamics.

▲ 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. Education457▲ 4.5×67 topics
  2. Ethics439▲ 16×34 topics
  3. Healthcare433▲ 6.5×27 topics
  4. Qualitative Research398▲ 7.8×24 topics
  5. Communication391▲ 22×14 topics
  6. Pedagogy391▲ 14×17 topics
  7. Social Sciences380▲ 46×11 topics
  8. Phenomenology379▲ 60×5 topics
  9. Family Dynamics369▲ 49×2 topics
  10. Work Environment368▲ 321×1 topic
  11. Deep Learning228◆ 1.14×72 topics
  12. Globalization204▲ 1.77×96 topics
  13. Sustainability175▲ 1.23×74 topics
  14. Machine Learning166◆ 0.87×78 topics
  15. Social Media131▲ 1.56×31 topics
  16. Mental Health123▲ 1.43×38 topics
  17. Neural Networks107▲ 1.18×38 topics
  18. Social Interaction105▲ 4.5×11 topics
  19. Neoliberalism95▲ 4.5×21 topics
  20. Big Data94▲ 1.77×24 topics
  21. Energy Efficiency87▲ 1.58×35 topics
  22. Student Engagement63▲ 2.7×15 topics
  23. Learning Outcomes61▲ 2.4×8 topics
  24. Emotion54▲ 4.4×12 topics
  25. Embodiment53▲ 4.9×7 topics
  26. Feminism52▲ 3.1×18 topics
  27. Intrinsic Motivation48▲ 6.8×4 topics
  28. Beamforming46▲ 7.3×4 topics
  29. Online Communication45▲ 4.9×3 topics
  30. Stereotypes44▲ 7.8×3 topics
  31. Cultural Competence43▲ 5.8×8 topics
  32. Public Opinion41▲ 5.7×5 topics
  33. Institutional Theory41▲ 7.3×3 topics
  34. Participatory Design40▲ 13×2 topics
  35. User Experience38▲ 7.8×3 topics
  36. Gender Dynamics38▲ 6.1×5 topics
  37. Video Games36▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Esports35▲ 16×1 topic
  39. Online Gaming35▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Health Behavior Change32▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Tampere University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Research in Social Sciences, Digital Games and Media, Educational Games and Gamification and Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies.

Research in Social Scien…368Research in Social Sciences: 368 fractional worksDigital Games and Media: 35 fractional worksEducational Games and Gamification: 29 fractional worksLanguage, Discourse, Communication Strategies: 24 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 24 fractional worksInnovative Human-Technology Interaction: 23 fractional worksSocial Policy and Reform Studies: 23 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 22 fractional worksHigher Education Governance and Development: 21 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics: 21 fractional works
EducationSociology and Political ScienceDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyLanguage and Linguistics4 others

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

  1. 1 Research in Social SciencesEducation 368 works
  2. 2 Digital Games and MediaSociology and Political Science 35 works
  3. 3 Educational Games and GamificationDevelopmental and Educational Psychology 29 works
  4. 4 Language, Discourse, Communication StrategiesLanguage and Linguistics 24 works
  5. 5 Virtual Reality Applications and ImpactsHuman-Computer Interaction 24 works
  6. 6 Innovative Human-Technology InteractionHuman-Computer Interaction 23 works
  7. 7 Social Policy and Reform StudiesPolitical Science and International Relations 23 works
  8. 8 Photonic and Optical DevicesElectrical and Electronic Engineering 22 works
  9. 9 Higher Education Governance and DevelopmentPolitical Science and International Relations 21 works
  10. 10 Social Media and PoliticsCommunication 21 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 available53.2%not open46.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.0%domestic only76.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tampere University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 141% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.