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Turība University

In research, Turība University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,672 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business, Management and Accounting and Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Business, Management and Accounting is 6.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,892
of 22,385 · #18,783 all time
Rank in Latvia
#12
of 32
Research works
421
▲ 34% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.5k
3.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
80%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Turība University

What is Turība 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 #5,672 of 9,585 5.8%126 #8995

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Turība 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 fields of science does Turība University work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research at Turība University is in Social Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (32%), Business, Management and Accounting (20%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (12%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 134 fractional works · 70.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 61 fractional works · 32.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 15 fractional works · 7.9% of its workEducation: 15 fractional works · 7.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 6.4% of its workLaw: 8 fractional works · 4.4% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 38 fractional works · 19.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 10 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMarketing: 8 fractional works · 4.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 23 fractional works · 11.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 16 fractional works · 8.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 46 fractional works · 24.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 16 fractional works · 8.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 13 fractional works · 7.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 6.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKTurība University190fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences71%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences6132.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting3819.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2311.9%
    4. Psychology52.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities42.3%
    6. Decision Sciences31.8%
    1. Environmental Science168.2%
    2. Engineering137.1%
    3. Computer Science126.4%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.8%
    5. Materials Science10.5%
    6. Energy10.5%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    10. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Health Professions31.7%
    2. Medicine21.3%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.6%
    2. Neuroscience10.3%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Turība University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 6.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 37.6 works6.1×
  2. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 22.6 works5.6×
← 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: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.82× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.47× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.66× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.63× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.78× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6.14× its world share, 38 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.81× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.57× its world share, 23 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.89× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.54× its world share, 61 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting6.14×38 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5.57×23 works
  3. Social Sciences2.54×61 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.81×3 works
  5. Environmental Science1.66×16 works
  6. Psychology0.89×5 works
  7. Computer Science0.82×12 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.78×4 works
  9. Health Professions0.63×3 works
  10. Energy0.54×1 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.50×0 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.50×0 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.49×2 works
  14. Engineering0.47×14 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.34×3 works
  16. Nursing0.18×0 works
  17. Neuroscience0.17×0 works
  18. Materials Science0.15×1 works
  19. Mathematics0.11×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.08×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.07×0 works
  22. Medicine0.07×2 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Turība University?

Ranked on the quality score, Edward Lestrade, Ineta Lūka and Aldis Bulis lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Turība University.

  1. 1 Edward Lestrade Latvia · #2,578,611 worldwide 4 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Ineta Lūka Latvia · #2,685,289 worldwide 376 citations · 42 works
  3. 3 Aldis Bulis Latvia · #2,976,291 worldwide 84 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Denis Vasiliev Latvia · #3,764,855 worldwide 353 citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Ingrīda Veikša Latvia · #3,792,159 worldwide 23 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Renāte Cāne Latvia · #4,023,399 worldwide 39 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Maija Rozīte Latvia · #4,142,228 worldwide 43 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Ainārs Dimants Latvia · #4,298,790 worldwide 19 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Anna Ābeltiņa Latvia · #4,464,369 worldwide 35 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Svetlana Gribanova Latvia · #4,520,798 worldwide 14 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Turība University

What are the most cited papers from Turība University?

The most cited paper from Turība University is "Design Thinking in Pedagogy" (Ineta Lūka, 2020), with 169 citations. Next come "State-of-the-Art on Brain-Computer Interface Technology" (146) and "Walking Patterns and Finger Rhythm of Older Adults" (105).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Design Thinking in Pedagogy Ineta Lūka · Journal of Education Culture and Society Open access 6 Jan 2020 169
2 State-of-the-Art on Brain-Computer Interface Technology Jānis Pekša, Dmytro Mamchur · Sensors Open access 28 Jun 2023 146
3 Walking Patterns and Finger Rhythm of Older Adults Hiroshi Nagasaki, Hajime Itoh, Ken Hashizume et al. · Perceptual and Motor Skills Apr 1996 105
4 The Determinants and Effects of Competitiveness: The Role of Digitalization in the European Economies Tatyana Boikova, Sandija Zeverte-Rivza, Pēteris Rivža et al. · Sustainability Open access 22 Oct 2021 86
5 Russian public diplomacy in the 21st century: Structure, means and message Greg Simons · Public Relations Review 27 Mar 2014 83
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Turība University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Development, Environmental Management, Globalization, Sustainability, Innovation, Artificial Intelligence, Human Rights and Entrepreneurship.

▲ 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. Sustainable Development16▲ 5.3×29 topics
  2. Sustainability15▲ 3.3×27 topics
  3. Globalization15▲ 4.0×23 topics
  4. Artificial Intelligence13▲ 4.7×21 topics
  5. Environmental Management12▲ 15×9 topics
  6. Innovation12▲ 5.9×21 topics
  7. Human Rights11▲ 5.6×19 topics
  8. Entrepreneurship9▲ 12×11 topics
  9. Economic Growth9▲ 5.7×11 topics
  10. Supply Chain Management9▲ 5.2×12 topics
  11. Higher Education8▲ 7.8×7 topics
  12. Big Data7▲ 4.0×10 topics
  13. Economic Development7▲ 4.8×9 topics
  14. Internet of Things7▲ 4.4×9 topics
  15. International Law7▲ 11×10 topics
  16. Social Media7▲ 2.5×12 topics
  17. Consumer Behavior6▲ 5.1×7 topics
  18. Financial Security6▲ 30×3 topics
  19. Renewable Energy6▲ 2.2×12 topics
  20. Economic Impact6▲ 5.7×5 topics
  21. Social Capital6▲ 5.6×8 topics
  22. Social Responsibility5▲ 12×4 topics
  23. Energy Efficiency5▲ 2.9×6 topics
  24. Leadership5▲ 5.2×9 topics
  25. Urban Development5▲ 7.4×5 topics
  26. Cyber-Physical Systems5▲ 9.3×4 topics
  27. Digital Transformation5▲ 4.5×9 topics
  28. Global Governance5▲ 10×9 topics
  29. Digitalization4▲ 11×5 topics
  30. Legal Regulation4▲ 10×6 topics
  31. Economic Security4▲ 9.9×4 topics
  32. Industrial Policy4▲ 20×4 topics
  33. Resource Efficiency4▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Biodiversity Conservation4▲ 5.5×6 topics
  35. Public Finance4▲ 44×2 topics
  36. Intellectual Property4▲ 16×6 topics
  37. Digital Economy4▲ 9.2×7 topics
  38. Innovation Policy3▲ 19×5 topics
  39. Financial Stability3▲ 9.0×5 topics
  40. Digital Twin3▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Turība University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Higher Education Learning Practices, Digital Marketing and Social Media, Economic Issues in Ukraine and Economic and Business Development Strategies.

Higher Education Learnin…3Higher Education Learning Practices: 3 fractional worksDigital Marketing and So…3Digital Marketing and Social Media: 3 fractional worksEconomic Issues in Ukraine: 3 fractional worksEconomic and Business De…3Economic and Business Development Strategies: 3 fractional worksDigital Transformation i…3Digital Transformation in Industry: 3 fractional worksBusiness and Economic Development: 3 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learning: 2 fractional worksCultural Industries and …2Cultural Industries and Urban Development: 2 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 2 fractional worksConsumer Retail Behavior Studies: 2 fractional works
EducationSociology and Political ScienceGeneral Economics, Econometrics and FinanceEconomics and Econometrics4 others

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

  1. 1 Higher Education Learning Practices Education 3 works
  2. 2 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  3. 3 Economic Issues in Ukraine General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 3 works
  4. 4 Economic and Business Development Strategies Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  5. 5 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Business and Economic Development Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  7. 7 Online and Blended Learning Education 2 works
  8. 8 Cultural Industries and Urban Development Urban Studies 2 works
  9. 9 Education and Islamic Studies Education 2 works
  10. 10 Consumer Retail Behavior Studies Marketing 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 available79.5%not open20.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.6%domestic only81.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Turība University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% 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 Turība University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00093% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Turība University0.00086% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Turība 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Turība University5.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.4% in 2019.

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