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University of Eastern Finland

In research, University of Eastern Finland stands highest in Health Sciences (#426 of 11,982 worldwide), Social Sciences (#387 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#383 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computer Science Applications and Nature and Landscape Conservation — Computer Science Applications is 4.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#755
of 28,054 · #920 all time
Rank in Finland
#4
of 80
Research works
21k
▲ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
650k
30.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is University of Eastern Finland 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
Health SciencesDomain #426 of 11,982 24.6%1,040 #366
Social SciencesDomain #387 of 10,521 27.1%1,423 #630
Social SciencesField #383 of 6,365 25.0%878 #605
MedicineField #889 of 10,443 23.7%785 #608
Life SciencesDomain #666 of 7,800 24.0%527 #715
EducationSubfield #170 of 1,892 19.4%404 #337
Business, Management and AccountingField #265 of 2,578 35.1%115 #508
Physical SciencesDomain #1,350 of 12,888 22.7%1,006 #1487
PsychologyField #303 of 2,181 32.2%219 #498
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #388 of 2,578 33.7%199 #577

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Eastern Finland 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. Health Sciences#366 #426
  2. Social Sciences#630 #387
  3. Social Sciences#605 #383
  4. Medicine#608 #889
  5. Life Sciences#715 #666
  6. Education#337 #170
  7. Business, Management and Accounting#508 #265
  8. Physical Sciences#1,487 #1,350
  9. Psychology#498 #303
  10. Sociology and Political Science#577 #388
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 University of Eastern Finland specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computer Science Applications takes 4.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computer Science ApplicationsSubfield · 47.5 works4.8×
  2. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 41.5 works4.3×
← 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: 0.64× its world share, 121 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.25× its world share, 267 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.83× its world share, 33 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.44× its world share, 93 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.89× its world share, 13 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.63× its world share, 40 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.61× its world share, 189 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 49 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.54× its world share, 20 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 211 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.78× its world share, 354 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.39× its world share, 55 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.91× its world share, 43 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.47× its world share, 42 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.62× its world share, 32 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.76× its world share, 186 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.02× its world share, 785 worksMedicineNursing: 1.69× its world share, 33 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.95× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.12× its world share, 130 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.89× its world share, 115 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 28 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.62× its world share, 53 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.80× its world share, 219 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.74× its world share, 878 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 1.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Eastern Finland?

Ranked on the composite score, Markku Laakso, Hilkka Soininen and Jukka T. Salonen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Eastern Finland.

  1. 1 Markku Laakso Finland · #1,434 worldwide 2.5k citations · 152 works
  2. 2 Hilkka Soininen Finland · #2,450 worldwide 2k citations · 205 works
  3. 3 Jukka T. Salonen Finland · #7,508 worldwide 1k citations · 97 works
  4. 4 Leo Niskanen Finland · #10,124 worldwide 817 citations · 78 works
  5. 5 Timo A. Lakka Finland · #12,575 worldwide 787 citations · 77 works
  6. 6 Matti Uusitupa Finland · #13,096 worldwide 1k citations · 105 works
  7. 7 Rainer Rauramaa Finland · #13,525 worldwide 748 citations · 65 works
  8. 8 Amit Bhatnagar Finland · #15,554 worldwide 1.1k citations · 88 works
  9. 9 Mikko Hiltunen Finland · #27,084 worldwide 1.2k citations · 35 works
  10. 10 Anne M. Remes Finland · #29,040 worldwide 1.1k citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at University of Eastern Finland

Which keywords describe research at University of Eastern Finland?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethics, Qualitative Research, Communication, Phenomenology, Pedagogy, Healthcare, Social Sciences 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. Education322▲ 4.7×64 topics
  2. Healthcare302▲ 6.7×27 topics
  3. Ethics299▲ 16×33 topics
  4. Qualitative Research294▲ 8.4×17 topics
  5. Communication293▲ 24×8 topics
  6. Phenomenology284▲ 66×5 topics
  7. Pedagogy283▲ 14×16 topics
  8. Social Sciences274▲ 49×7 topics
  9. Family Dynamics270▲ 52×2 topics
  10. Work Environment270▲ 345×1 topic
  11. Climate Change193▲ 1.79×84 topics
  12. Inflammation154▲ 1.85×76 topics
  13. Epidemiology146◆ 0.92×113 topics
  14. Mental Health107▲ 1.82×38 topics
  15. Globalization104▲ 1.33×86 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease104▲ 2.3×36 topics
  17. Public Health93▲ 1.60×47 topics
  18. Oxidative Stress91▲ 1.40×55 topics
  19. Quality of Life78▲ 1.35×49 topics
  20. Metabolic Syndrome77▲ 2.4×23 topics
  21. Cancer71▲ 1.33×48 topics
  22. Biodiversity Conservation64▲ 4.3×13 topics
  23. Depression60▲ 1.70×20 topics
  24. Biomarkers56▲ 2.0×17 topics
  25. Obesity55▲ 1.83×25 topics
  26. Health Effects54▲ 2.2×21 topics
  27. Well-being53▲ 3.5×14 topics
  28. Job Satisfaction48▲ 2.8×11 topics
  29. Student Engagement47▲ 2.9×13 topics
  30. Biomass Estimation43▲ 7.1×3 topics
  31. Learning Analytics42▲ 8.6×2 topics
  32. Primary Care41▲ 2.8×14 topics
  33. Aboveground Biomass38▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Ecosystem Resilience33▲ 5.7×5 topics
  35. Self-Regulation33▲ 4.6×6 topics
  36. Reflective Practice32▲ 4.3×7 topics
  37. Educational Data Mining26▲ 7.3×1 topic
  38. Massive Open Online Courses26▲ 7.3×1 topic
  39. Forest Carbon Sequestration24▲ 29×1 topic
  40. Sustainable Forest Management24▲ 29×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Eastern Finland publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Research in Social Sciences, Online Learning and Analytics, Forest Management and Policy and Forest ecology and management.

Research in Social Scien…270Research in Social Sciences: 270 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 26 fractional worksForest Management and Policy: 24 fractional worksForest ecology and management: 21 fractional worksForest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies: 18 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 17 fractional worksTeaching and Learning Programming: 16 fractional worksInterprofessional Education and Collaboration: 16 fractional worksPeatlands and Wetlands Ecology: 15 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 14 fractional works
EducationComputer Science ApplicationsGlobal and Planetary ChangeNature and Landscape Conservation5 others

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

  1. 1 Research in Social Sciences Education 270 works
  2. 2 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 26 works
  3. 3 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 24 works
  4. 4 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 21 works
  5. 5 Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies Insect Science 18 works
  6. 6 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 17 works
  7. 7 Teaching and Learning Programming Computer Science Applications 16 works
  8. 8 Interprofessional Education and Collaboration General Health Professions 16 works
  9. 9 Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology Ecology 15 works
  10. 10 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 14 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 available43.9%not open56.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.8%domestic only73.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Eastern Finland's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% 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.