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University of Jyväskylä

In research, University of Jyväskylä stands highest in Social Sciences (#152 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#152 of 6,365 worldwide) and Psychology (#65 of 2,181 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Mathematical Physics and Developmental and Educational Psychology — Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 6.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#800
of 28,054 · #685 all time
Rank in Finland
#7
of 80
Research works
22k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
571k
26.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
31.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is University of Jyväskylä 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 SciencesDomain #152 of 10,521 37.6%1,779 #265
Social SciencesField #152 of 6,365 40.4%881 #226
PsychologyField #65 of 2,181 32.1%395 #195
EducationSubfield #70 of 1,892 44.3%264 #91
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #165 of 2,578 39.7%259 #321
Physical SciencesDomain #846 of 12,888 24.2%1,244 #654
Arts and HumanitiesField #205 of 1,998 36.8%211 #246
Business, Management and AccountingField #296 of 2,578 42.7%167 #398
Computer ScienceField #706 of 4,667 26.9%335 #788
Health SciencesDomain #2,113 of 11,982 29.7%394 #2151

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Jyväskylä 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#265 #152
  2. Social Sciences#226 #152
  3. Psychology#195 #65
  4. Education#91 #70
  5. Sociology and Political Science#321 #165
  6. Physical Sciences#654 #846
  7. Arts and Humanities#246 #205
  8. Business, Management and Accounting#398 #296
  9. Computer Science#788 #706
  10. Health Sciences#2,151 #2,113
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 Jyväskylä specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 6.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 77.0 works6.6×
  2. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 38.1 works6.5×
  3. Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield · 109.1 works6.5×
  4. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 25.9 works6.1×
  5. Applied MathematicsSubfield · 62.2 works5.8×
← 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: 0.52× its world share, 91 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.43× its world share, 84 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.26× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.67× its world share, 100 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.65× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.86× its world share, 108 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.16× its world share, 335 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 22 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.53× its world share, 18 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 195 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.92× its world share, 170 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.64× its world share, 83 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.30× its world share, 144 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.94× its world share, 160 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.27× its world share, 124 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 266 worksMedicineNursing: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.97× its world share, 211 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.40× its world share, 167 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 58 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.84× its world share, 66 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.49× its world share, 395 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.88× its world share, 881 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Jyväskylä?

Ranked on the composite score, Paavo V. Komi, Pekka Koskela and Päivi Tynjälä lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Jyväskylä.

  1. 1 Paavo V. Komi · #6,182 worldwide 892 citations · 74 works
  2. 2 Pekka Koskela · #21,904 worldwide 657 citations · 63 works
  3. 3 Päivi Tynjälä · #25,158 worldwide 468 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Jari‐Erik Nurmi · #26,223 worldwide 674 citations · 53 works
  5. 5 Heikki Karjaluoto · #29,222 worldwide 746 citations · 47 works
  6. 6 W. H. Trzaska · #45,684 worldwide 2.3k citations · 271 works
  7. 7 Taina Rantanen · #51,142 worldwide 352 citations · 59 works
  8. 8 Kaisa Aunola · #51,608 worldwide 369 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 M. Manninen · #56,272 worldwide 671 citations · 64 works
  10. 10 T. Lappi · #56,971 worldwide 506 citations · 67 works
All ranked researchers at University of Jyväskylä

Which keywords describe research at University of Jyväskylä?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethics, Self-Regulation, Mental Health, Globalization, Education, Physical Activity, Academic Achievement and Multilingualism.

▲ 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. Globalization127▲ 1.75×82 topics
  2. Mental Health123▲ 2.3×39 topics
  3. Machine Learning117◆ 0.96×70 topics
  4. Education114▲ 1.79×69 topics
  5. Climate Change108◆ 1.08×78 topics
  6. Social Media94▲ 1.77×27 topics
  7. Ethics89▲ 5.0×31 topics
  8. Public Health76▲ 1.41×35 topics
  9. Physical Activity71▲ 3.9×12 topics
  10. Healthcare69▲ 1.65×20 topics
  11. Qualitative Research68▲ 2.1×25 topics
  12. Self-Regulation66▲ 10×6 topics
  13. Social Interaction59▲ 4.0×11 topics
  14. Well-being59▲ 4.2×14 topics
  15. Higher Education57▲ 2.8×21 topics
  16. Pedagogy54▲ 3.0×20 topics
  17. Child Development54▲ 3.5×7 topics
  18. Academic Achievement50▲ 8.1×10 topics
  19. Motivation50▲ 3.2×9 topics
  20. Multilingualism49▲ 7.8×4 topics
  21. Communication48▲ 4.2×10 topics
  22. Emotion Regulation48▲ 4.1×9 topics
  23. Language Policy46▲ 8.8×3 topics
  24. Bilingual Education46▲ 10×2 topics
  25. Reflective Practice43▲ 6.3×7 topics
  26. Student Perceptions43▲ 6.3×7 topics
  27. Phenomenology41▲ 10×5 topics
  28. Social Sciences41▲ 7.8×9 topics
  29. Early Childhood Education36▲ 12×2 topics
  30. Language Development36▲ 7.9×5 topics
  31. Educational Interventions35▲ 10×2 topics
  32. Intrinsic Motivation35▲ 7.8×4 topics
  33. School Engagement34▲ 20×1 topic
  34. Student-Teacher Relationships34▲ 20×1 topic
  35. Family Dynamics34▲ 7.1×2 topics
  36. Work Environment34▲ 46×1 topic
  37. Cognitive Development32▲ 6.9×6 topics
  38. Neural Mechanisms31▲ 9.1×4 topics
  39. Exercise30▲ 6.8×3 topics
  40. Professional Learning Communities29▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does University of Jyväskylä publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Early Childhood Education and Development, Research in Social Sciences, Teacher Education and Leadership Studies and Multilingual Education and Policy.

Early Childhood Educatio…34Early Childhood Education and Development: 34 fractional worksResearch in Social Scien…34Research in Social Sciences: 34 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 25 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 23 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 23 fractional worksPhysical Activity and Health: 23 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 22 fractional worksInformation and Cyber Se…22Information and Cyber Security: 22 fractional worksNonlinear Partial Differential Equations: 19 fractional worksMotivation and Self-Concept in Sports: 17 fractional works
EducationLinguistics and LanguageLiterature and Literary TheoryPhysiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentEducation 34 works
  2. 2 Research in Social SciencesEducation 34 works
  3. 3 Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesEducation 25 works
  4. 4 Multilingual Education and PolicyLinguistics and Language 23 works
  5. 5 Second Language Learning and TeachingLiterature and Literary Theory 23 works
  6. 6 Physical Activity and HealthPhysiology 23 works
  7. 7 EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningLanguage and Linguistics 22 works
  8. 8 Information and Cyber SecurityInformation Systems 22 works
  9. 9 Nonlinear Partial Differential EquationsApplied Mathematics 19 works
  10. 10 Motivation and Self-Concept in SportsSocial Psychology 17 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 available48.3%not open51.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.2%domestic only71.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Jyväskylä's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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.