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University of Helsinki

In research, University of Helsinki stands highest in Social Sciences (#19 of 6,365 worldwide), Social Sciences (#45 of 10,521 worldwide) and Sociology and Political Science (#28 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Linguistics and Language, Public Administration and Language and Linguistics — Linguistics and Language is 4.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#223
of 28,054 · #183 all time
Rank in Finland
#1
of 80
Research works
86k
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.7M
31.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is University of Helsinki 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
Social SciencesField #19 of 6,365 25.7%3,006 #75
Social SciencesDomain #45 of 10,521 25.8%5,105 #108
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #28 of 2,578 30.1%763 #119
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #17 of 1,201 25.9%498 #72
Health SciencesDomain #172 of 11,982 22.9%2,144 #108
MedicineField #202 of 10,443 22.3%1,665 #104
EducationSubfield #37 of 1,892 18.7%902 #54
Environmental ScienceField #79 of 3,551 30.6%800 #72
Arts and HumanitiesField #46 of 1,998 22.9%953 #37
Life SciencesDomain #211 of 7,800 27.9%1,712 #124

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Helsinki 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. Social Sciences#75 #19
  2. Social Sciences#108 #45
  3. Sociology and Political Science#119 #28
  4. Political Science and International Relations#72 #17
  5. Health Sciences#108 #172
  6. Medicine#104 #202
  7. Education#54 #37
  8. Environmental Science#72 #79
  9. Arts and Humanities#37 #46
  10. Life Sciences#124 #211
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 Helsinki specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Linguistics and Language takes 4.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 65.4 works4.8×
  2. Public AdministrationSubfield · 29.1 works4.6×
  3. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 234.8 works4.5×
  4. ClassicsSubfield · 28.3 works4.0×
  5. Ecological ModelingSubfield · 30.0 works3.4×
← 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: 0.99× its world share, 552 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.23× its world share, 769 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.80× its world share, 95 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.39× its world share, 265 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.76× its world share, 32 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.38× its world share, 16 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.68× its world share, 126 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.70× its world share, 639 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.48× its world share, 273 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.31× its world share, 34 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 363 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.37× its world share, 800 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.33× its world share, 134 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.95× its world share, 132 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.11× its world share, 290 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.94× its world share, 54 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.05× its world share, 324 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.74× its world share, 1,665 worksMedicineNursing: 0.92× its world share, 53 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.04× its world share, 48 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.80× its world share, 952 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 218 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 91 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.78× its world share, 196 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.79× its world share, 643 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.02× its world share, 3,006 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Helsinki?

Ranked on the composite score, Kaisu Pitkälä, Jaakko Tuomilehto and Yrjö Engeström lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Helsinki.

  1. 1 Kaisu Pitkälä Finland · #1,770 worldwide 1.7k citations · 84 works
  2. 2 Jaakko Tuomilehto Finland · #1,870 worldwide 2k citations · 87 works
  3. 3 Yrjö Engeström Finland · #2,618 worldwide 1.8k citations · 70 works
  4. 4 Teuvo Kohonen Finland · #2,737 worldwide 1.9k citations · 72 works
  5. 5 Tea Lallukka Finland · #3,216 worldwide 3.8k citations · 65 works
  6. 6 Johan G. Eriksson Finland · #3,965 worldwide 3.2k citations · 281 works
  7. 7 Samuli Ripatti Finland · #4,820 worldwide 1.5k citations · 106 works
  8. 8 Jaakko Kaprio Finland · #4,985 worldwide 3.4k citations · 304 works
  9. 9 Pekka Pyykkö Finland · #6,803 worldwide 1.4k citations · 74 works
  10. 10 Hannele Yki‐Järvinen Finland · #8,058 worldwide 998 citations · 83 works
All ranked researchers at University of Helsinki

Which keywords describe research at University of Helsinki?

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

▲ 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. Education748▲ 3.7×99 topics
  2. Ethics725▲ 13×44 topics
  3. Qualitative Research617▲ 6.0×25 topics
  4. Healthcare605▲ 4.6×27 topics
  5. Pedagogy590▲ 10×22 topics
  6. Communication583▲ 16×15 topics
  7. Climate Change582▲ 1.84×104 topics
  8. Social Sciences567▲ 34×13 topics
  9. Phenomenology564▲ 45×5 topics
  10. Family Dynamics546▲ 36×5 topics
  11. Work Environment545▲ 236×1 topic
  12. Globalization494▲ 2.1×127 topics
  13. Epidemiology386▼ 0.83×137 topics
  14. Sustainability242▼ 0.85×94 topics
  15. Human Rights224▲ 1.85×63 topics
  16. Mental Health217▲ 1.26×42 topics
  17. Identity194▲ 2.3×59 topics
  18. Social Media189◆ 1.13×33 topics
  19. Public Health187◆ 1.09×62 topics
  20. Nationalism167▲ 3.1×28 topics
  21. Biodiversity165▲ 1.88×32 topics
  22. Religion164▲ 2.9×37 topics
  23. Neoliberalism133▲ 3.2×23 topics
  24. Invasive Species126▲ 2.5×20 topics
  25. Democracy126▲ 3.0×20 topics
  26. Social Interaction119▲ 2.5×11 topics
  27. Biodiversity Conservation117▲ 2.7×16 topics
  28. Feminism110▲ 3.3×22 topics
  29. International Law110▲ 3.0×26 topics
  30. Politics104▲ 3.2×20 topics
  31. Pragmatics102▲ 5.4×6 topics
  32. Global Governance98▲ 3.6×19 topics
  33. Cosmopolitanism94▲ 7.4×8 topics
  34. Corpus Linguistics93▲ 3.7×5 topics
  35. Sociolinguistics90▲ 4.0×9 topics
  36. Diversity86▲ 4.2×12 topics
  37. Citizenship84▲ 5.9×10 topics
  38. Public Opinion78▲ 5.3×5 topics
  39. Secularism71▲ 5.8×5 topics
  40. Narrative Analysis64▲ 10×4 topics

Which research topics does University of Helsinki publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Research in Social Sciences, Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies, Natural Language Processing Techniques and Social Media and Politics.

Research in Social Scien…545Research in Social Sciences: 545 fractional worksLanguage, Discourse, Communication Strategies: 49 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 46 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics: 43 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 38 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 36 fractional worksGlobal Education and Multiculturalism: 35 fractional worksEuropean and International Law Studies: 34 fractional worksMigration, Refugees, and Integration: 33 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 32 fractional works
EducationLanguage and LinguisticsArtificial IntelligenceCommunication5 others

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

  1. 1 Research in Social Sciences Education 545 works
  2. 2 Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies Language and Linguistics 49 works
  3. 3 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 46 works
  4. 4 Social Media and Politics Communication 43 works
  5. 5 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 38 works
  6. 6 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 36 works
  7. 7 Global Education and Multiculturalism Education 35 works
  8. 8 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 34 works
  9. 9 Migration, Refugees, and Integration Sociology and Political Science 33 works
  10. 10 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 32 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 available44.7%not open55.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.6%domestic only74.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Helsinki's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% higher 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.

Other research institutions in Helsinki

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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.