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University of Tartu

In research, University of Tartu stands highest in Social Sciences (#372 of 10,521 worldwide), Arts and Humanities (#113 of 1,998 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#428 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Language and Linguistics, Paleontology and Communication — Language and Linguistics is 4.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,019
of 28,054 · #1,006 all time
Rank in Estonia
#1
of 16
Research works
21k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
430k
20.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is University of Tartu 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 #372 of 10,521 26.5%1,470 #545
Arts and HumanitiesField #113 of 1,998 21.9%306 #275
Social SciencesField #428 of 6,365 27.0%743 #569
Physical SciencesDomain #1,265 of 12,888 19.2%1,510 #1119
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #123 of 1,201 28.9%184 #302
Life SciencesDomain #1,015 of 7,800 24.9%503 #840
PsychologyField #295 of 2,181 25.2%205 #453
Environmental ScienceField #524 of 3,551 27.0%241 #527
Computer ScienceField #700 of 4,667 23.4%390 #885
Health SciencesDomain #2,117 of 11,982 19.2%402 #2461

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Tartu 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#545 #372
  2. Arts and Humanities#275 #113
  3. Social Sciences#569 #428
  4. Physical Sciences#1,119 #1,265
  5. Political Science and International Relations#302 #123
  6. Life Sciences#840 #1,015
  7. Psychology#453 #295
  8. Environmental Science#527 #524
  9. Computer Science#885 #700
  10. Health Sciences#2,461 #2,117
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 Tartu specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Language and Linguistics takes 4.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 75.2 works4.4×
  2. PaleontologySubfield · 20.0 works4.3×
  3. CommunicationSubfield · 37.1 works3.5×
  4. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 184.2 works3.2×
← 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: 0.89× its world share, 164 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.12× its world share, 233 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.76× its world share, 30 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.02× its world share, 64 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.88× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.65× its world share, 22 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.06× its world share, 65 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.29× its world share, 390 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.52× its world share, 92 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.01× its world share, 36 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.54× its world share, 315 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.25× its world share, 241 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.94× its world share, 127 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.49× its world share, 68 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.76× its world share, 152 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.69× its world share, 71 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.42× its world share, 316 worksMedicineNursing: 0.53× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.73× its world share, 306 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.88× its world share, 110 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 48 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.70× its world share, 58 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.73× its world share, 205 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.51× its world share, 743 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Tartu?

Ranked on the composite score, Tōnu Esko, Andres Metspalu and Reedik Mägi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Tartu.

  1. 1 Tōnu Esko Estonia · #445 worldwide 3.7k citations · 142 works
  2. 2 Andres Metspalu Estonia · #536 worldwide 3k citations · 131 works
  3. 3 Reedik Mägi Estonia · #2,342 worldwide 1.5k citations · 87 works
  4. 4 Marlon Dumas Estonia · #2,716 worldwide 1.5k citations · 128 works
  5. 5 Lili Milani Estonia · #6,765 worldwide 1.1k citations · 71 works
  6. 6 Leho Tedersoo Estonia · #7,703 worldwide 1.7k citations · 54 works
  7. 7 Fabrizio Maria Maggi Estonia · #10,063 worldwide 897 citations · 89 works
  8. 8 Evelin Mihailov Estonia · #18,219 worldwide 941 citations · 42 works
  9. 9 Martin Zobel Estonia · #32,295 worldwide 515 citations · 39 works
  10. 10 Hans Orru Estonia · #33,488 worldwide 640 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at University of Tartu

Which keywords describe research at University of Tartu?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Globalization, Corpus Linguistics, International Relations, European Union, Machine Learning, Ethics and Ecosystem Functioning.

▲ 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. Climate Change168▲ 1.61×94 topics
  2. Globalization140▲ 1.84×86 topics
  3. Machine Learning133◆ 1.05×75 topics
  4. Deep Learning100▼ 0.75×75 topics
  5. Social Media80▲ 1.43×26 topics
  6. Human Rights64▲ 1.60×49 topics
  7. Biodiversity63▲ 2.2×29 topics
  8. Identity62▲ 2.2×49 topics
  9. Ethics60▲ 3.2×41 topics
  10. Nanomaterials58▲ 1.42×19 topics
  11. Corpus Linguistics58▲ 6.8×5 topics
  12. Big Data57▲ 1.62×25 topics
  13. Religion55▲ 3.0×27 topics
  14. International Relations54▲ 5.7×22 topics
  15. Invasive Species52▲ 3.1×21 topics
  16. European Union50▲ 5.7×14 topics
  17. Nationalism47▲ 2.6×25 topics
  18. Security47▲ 1.84×23 topics
  19. Ecosystem Functioning44▲ 6.0×7 topics
  20. Social Interaction41▲ 2.7×10 topics
  21. Democracy40▲ 2.9×17 topics
  22. Migration39▲ 3.0×19 topics
  23. European Integration38▲ 17×5 topics
  24. Soviet Union36▲ 16×3 topics
  25. Diplomacy34▲ 9.2×7 topics
  26. Global Change34▲ 3.3×6 topics
  27. Habitat Fragmentation32▲ 3.7×5 topics
  28. Eastern Europe31▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Folklore29▲ 14×3 topics
  30. Ecosystem Resilience28▲ 4.9×5 topics
  31. Fuel Cells28▲ 4.6×2 topics
  32. Literary Analysis28▲ 37×2 topics
  33. Neural Machine Translation26▲ 7.1×1 topic
  34. Statistical Machine Translation26▲ 7.1×1 topic
  35. General Relativity25▲ 9.6×2 topics
  36. Quantum Gravity25▲ 7.9×3 topics
  37. Social History25▲ 7.7×5 topics
  38. Cold War25▲ 10.0×4 topics
  39. Australia23▲ 35×1 topic
  40. Postcolonial Theory23▲ 22×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Tartu publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Natural Language Processing Techniques, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics and Fuel Cells and Related Materials.

Natural Language Process…26Natural Language Processing Techniques: 26 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Ene…26Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 26 fractional worksHistorical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics: 23 fractional worksFuel Cells and Related Materials: 20 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 19 fractional worksBusiness Process Modeling and Analysis: 18 fractional worksMycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions: 16 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics16Social Media and Politics: 16 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics: 16 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 16 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentPolitical Science and International RelationsElectrical and Electronic Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 26 works
  2. 2 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 26 works
  3. 3 Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 23 works
  4. 4 Fuel Cells and Related Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 20 works
  5. 5 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 19 works
  6. 6 Business Process Modeling and Analysis Management Information Systems 18 works
  7. 7 Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions Plant Science 16 works
  8. 8 Social Media and Politics Communication 16 works
  9. 9 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 16 works
  10. 10 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 16 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 available47.1%not open52.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.2%domestic only69.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Tartu's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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 Tartu

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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.