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University of Turku

In research, University of Turku stands highest in Social Sciences (#307 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#352 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#223 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthodontics and Language and Linguistics — Orthodontics is 4.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#759
of 28,054 · #643 all time
Rank in Finland
#5
of 80
Research works
36k
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
952k
26.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is University of Turku 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 #307 of 10,521 25.3%2,396 #397
Health SciencesDomain #352 of 11,982 22.3%1,193 #222
Social SciencesField #223 of 6,365 23.9%1,364 #382
MedicineField #471 of 10,443 22.3%896 #346
EducationSubfield #136 of 1,892 15.9%525 #267
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #253 of 2,578 30.3%332 #347
Physical SciencesDomain #1,357 of 12,888 20.6%1,376 #1082
Life SciencesDomain #864 of 7,800 21.7%692 #548
Arts and HumanitiesField #232 of 1,998 21.8%355 #356
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #146 of 1,201 25.8%165 #283

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Turku 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#397 #307
  2. Health Sciences#222 #352
  3. Social Sciences#382 #223
  4. Medicine#346 #471
  5. Education#267 #136
  6. Sociology and Political Science#347 #253
  7. Physical Sciences#1,082 #1,357
  8. Life Sciences#548 #864
  9. Arts and Humanities#356 #232
  10. Political Science and International Relations#283 #146
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 Turku specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthodontics takes 4.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OrthodonticsSubfield · 31.1 works4.9×
  2. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 88.4 works3.6×
← 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: 0.72× its world share, 194 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.11× its world share, 334 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.95× its world share, 54 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.11× its world share, 102 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.56× its world share, 50 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.80× its world share, 354 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 52 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.62× its world share, 32 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.39× its world share, 334 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.82× its world share, 230 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.41× its world share, 81 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.55× its world share, 103 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.06× its world share, 133 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.02× its world share, 83 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.15× its world share, 172 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.82× its world share, 896 worksMedicineNursing: 1.25× its world share, 35 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.16× its world share, 9 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.17× its world share, 355 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.97× its world share, 178 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 52 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.86× its world share, 104 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.99× its world share, 342 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.91× its world share, 1,364 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at University of Turku?

Ranked on the composite score, Seppo Salminen, Róbert Hermann and Erika Isolauri lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Turku.

  1. 1 Seppo Salminen · #2,497 worldwide 2.6k citations · 74 works
  2. 2 Róbert Hermann · #3,293 worldwide 1.2k citations · 98 works
  3. 3 Erika Isolauri · #9,229 worldwide 941 citations · 63 works
  4. 4 Sampo Pyysalo · #11,461 worldwide 1.4k citations · 47 works
  5. 5 Jorma Toppari · #11,493 worldwide 822 citations · 123 works
  6. 6 Leo Lahti · #19,908 worldwide 504 citations · 52 works
  7. 7 R. Kotak · #25,621 worldwide 771 citations · 95 works
  8. 8 Olli T. Raitakari · #30,510 worldwide 1.3k citations · 165 works
  9. 9 Pasi Liljeberg · #33,548 worldwide 658 citations · 95 works
  10. 10 Jussi Mertsola · #36,373 worldwide 288 citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at University of Turku

Which keywords describe research at University of Turku?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethics, Qualitative Research, Pedagogy, Communication, Social Sciences, Phenomenology, Healthcare 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. Education428▲ 4.4×71 topics
  2. Ethics401▲ 15×38 topics
  3. Healthcare386▲ 6.0×32 topics
  4. Qualitative Research367▲ 7.5×19 topics
  5. Pedagogy356▲ 13×16 topics
  6. Communication354▲ 20×12 topics
  7. Social Sciences346▲ 43×8 topics
  8. Phenomenology346▲ 57×5 topics
  9. Family Dynamics336▲ 46×3 topics
  10. Work Environment335▲ 303×1 topic
  11. Epidemiology195◆ 0.87×124 topics
  12. Globalization180▲ 1.62×97 topics
  13. Climate Change160◆ 1.05×88 topics
  14. Machine Learning145▼ 0.78×74 topics
  15. Mental Health131▲ 1.58×37 topics
  16. Social Media108▲ 1.33×31 topics
  17. Sustainability108▼ 0.78×75 topics
  18. Inflammation103◆ 0.87×80 topics
  19. Public Health98▲ 1.19×49 topics
  20. Quality of Life85◆ 1.04×53 topics
  21. Gender83▲ 2.7×42 topics
  22. Cardiovascular Disease82▲ 1.31×37 topics
  23. Identity74▲ 1.80×51 topics
  24. Biodiversity72▲ 1.71×28 topics
  25. Depression67▲ 1.35×23 topics
  26. Neoliberalism63▲ 3.1×22 topics
  27. Religion61▲ 2.3×33 topics
  28. Nationalism59▲ 2.2×26 topics
  29. Feminism57▲ 3.6×18 topics
  30. Invasive Species56▲ 2.3×19 topics
  31. Higher Education54▲ 1.78×20 topics
  32. Social Capital54▲ 1.79×17 topics
  33. Corpus Linguistics51▲ 4.2×5 topics
  34. Child Development50▲ 2.1×7 topics
  35. Social Interaction50▲ 2.2×10 topics
  36. Well-being46▲ 2.1×14 topics
  37. Adolescents45▲ 2.1×8 topics
  38. Emotion Regulation44▲ 2.5×9 topics
  39. Student Perceptions39▲ 3.7×7 topics
  40. Constitutionalism36▲ 6.6×3 topics

Which research topics does University of Turku publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Research in Social Sciences, Dental materials and restorations, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development and Historical Legal Studies and Society.

Research in Social Scien…335Research in Social Sciences: 335 fractional worksDental materials and restorations: 23 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 21 fractional worksHistorical Legal Studies and Society: 19 fractional worksGender, Feminism, and Media: 19 fractional worksHistorical and Archaeological Studies: 18 fractional worksDigital Games and Media: 18 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 17 fractional worksTranslation Studies and Practices: 15 fractional worksEuropean and International Law Studies: 15 fractional works
EducationOrthodonticsClinical PsychologyPolitical Science and International Relations5 others

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

  1. 1 Research in Social SciencesEducation 335 works
  2. 2 Dental materials and restorationsOrthodontics 23 works
  3. 3 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentClinical Psychology 21 works
  4. 4 Historical Legal Studies and SocietyPolitical Science and International Relations 19 works
  5. 5 Gender, Feminism, and MediaGender Studies 19 works
  6. 6 Historical and Archaeological StudiesHistory 18 works
  7. 7 Digital Games and MediaSociology and Political Science 18 works
  8. 8 Natural Language Processing TechniquesArtificial Intelligence 17 works
  9. 9 Translation Studies and PracticesLanguage and Linguistics 15 works
  10. 10 European and International Law StudiesPolitical Science and International Relations 15 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 available42.4%not open57.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.8%domestic only74.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Turku's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% 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.