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Vaasa Central Hospital

In research, Vaasa Central Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,688 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,250 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#20,971
of 34,923
Rank in Finland
#103
of 159
Research works
350
▼ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
40.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Vaasa Central Hospital

What is Vaasa Central Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #4,688 of 16,688 14.3%264
MedicineField #4,250 of 14,558 13.9%232

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Vaasa Central Hospital 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Vaasa Central Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 83% of research at Vaasa Central Hospital is in Health Sciences, 12% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (79%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Health Professions (3%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 26 fractional works · 82.8% of its workMedicine: 25 fractional works · 79.3% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 11.5% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 8.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 7.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 7.2% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 11.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 7.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKVaasa CentralHospital32fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences83%Social Sciences4%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 14 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2579.3%
    2. Health Professions12.9%
    3. Nursing00.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology27.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology12.2%
    3. Neuroscience11.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.1%
    2. Psychology01.2%
    3. Social Sciences00.7%
    1. Chemistry00.6%
    2. Computer Science00.5%
    3. Engineering00.5%
    4. Environmental Science00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.38× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.20× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.12× its world share, 25 worksMedicineNursing: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksNursingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.12×25 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.20×1 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.38×2 works
  4. Neuroscience1.12×1 works
  5. Health Professions1.11×1 works
  6. Nursing1.07×0 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.98×1 works
  8. Chemistry0.39×0 works
  9. Psychology0.38×0 works
  10. Computer Science0.06×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.05×0 works
  12. Environmental Science0.04×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×0 works
  14. Engineering0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Vaasa Central Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Pipsa Peromaa-Haavisto, Mikael Victorzon and Päivi M. Pietilä-Effati lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Vaasa Central Hospital.

  1. 1 Pipsa Peromaa-Haavisto Finland · #375,197 worldwide 2.3k citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Mikael Victorzon Finland · #663,010 worldwide 3.5k citations · 74 works
  3. 3 Päivi M. Pietilä-Effati Finland · #818,846 worldwide 1.4k citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Kaj Lahti Finland · #1,031,062 worldwide 8.2k citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Sini Penttilä Finland · #1,270,321 worldwide 1.7k citations · 51 works
  6. 6 Esa Aromaa Finland · #2,461,555 worldwide 733 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Auvo Rauhala Finland · #2,471,622 worldwide 1.2k citations · 63 works
  8. 8 Pekka Tolonen Finland · #2,931,765 worldwide 682 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Pertti Loponen Finland · #3,057,264 worldwide 885 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Natalja Eigėlienė Finland · #3,306,317 worldwide 615 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Vaasa Central Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Vaasa Central Hospital?

The most cited paper from Vaasa Central Hospital is "Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality Associated With the Metabolic Syndrome" (Bo Isomaa, Peter Almgren, Tiinamaija Tuomi et al., 2001), with 4,788 citations. Next come "Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index" (2,999) and "Novel subgroups of adult-onset diabetes and their association with outcomes: a data-driven cluster analysis of six variables" (2,368).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality Associated With the Metabolic Syndrome Bo Isomaa, Peter Almgren, Tiinamaija Tuomi et al. · Diabetes Care Apr 2001 4,788
2 Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index MAGIC et al. · Nature Genetics Open access376 authors 10 Oct 2010 2,999
3 Novel subgroups of adult-onset diabetes and their association with outcomes: a data-driven cluster analysis of six variables Emma Ahlqvist et al. · The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Open access 5 Mar 2018 2,368
4 Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height Hana Lango Allen et al. · Nature Open access293 authors 29 Sep 2010 2,063
5 Adjuvant Docetaxel or Vinorelbine with or without Trastuzumab for Breast Cancer Heikki Joensuu et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 22 Feb 2006 1,415
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Which keywords describe research at Vaasa Central Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Chemotherapy, Risk Factors, Epidemiology, Inflammation, Prevention, End-of-Life and Palliative Care.

▲ 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-now 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 19 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology3▲ 2.1×32 topics
  2. Quality of Life2▲ 4.6×11 topics
  3. Inflammation2▲ 3.0×14 topics
  4. Risk Factors2▲ 5.5×10 topics
  5. Chemotherapy2▲ 7.5×12 topics
  6. Diagnosis1▲ 4.6×15 topics
  7. Public Health1▲ 2.9×6 topics
  8. End-of-Life1▲ 41×2 topics
  9. Palliative Care1▲ 24×2 topics
  10. Prevention1▲ 8.8×4 topics
  11. Treatment1▲ 3.1×18 topics
  12. Anxiety1▲ 7.0×4 topics
  13. Genetic Mutations1▲ 7.5×8 topics
  14. Genetics1▲ 4.7×7 topics
  15. Health-related Quality of Life1▲ 15×4 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Diseases1▲ 36×1 topic
  17. Depression1▲ 3.7×6 topics
  18. Management1▲ 4.1×9 topics
  19. Mortality Trends1▲ 82×1 topic

Which research topics does Vaasa Central Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Healthcare Systems and Public Health, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Cancer survivorship and care and Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.

Healthcare Systems and Public Health: 1 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 1 fractional worksCancer survivorship and …1Cancer survivorship and care: 1 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis an…1Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksLysosomal Storage Disorders Research: 0 fractional worksCardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies: 0 fractional worksEpilepsy research and tr…0Epilepsy research and treatment: 0 fractional worksPharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies: 0 fractional worksNeurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research: 0 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 0 fractional works
EpidemiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthOncologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Healthcare Systems and Public Health Epidemiology 1 works
  2. 2 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  3. 3 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 1 works
  4. 4 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research Physiology 0 works
  6. 6 Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  8. 8 Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  9. 9 Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research Genetics 0 works
  10. 10 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 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 available37.0%not open63.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.8%domestic only76.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Vaasa Central Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Vaasa Central Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000089% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Vaasa Central Hospital0.00015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Vaasa Central Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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