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Vaasa Central Hospital

In research, Vaasa Central Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,946 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,300 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine — Medicine is 4.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#16,724
of 42,892
Rank in Finland
#65
of 183
Research works
350
▼ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
40.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

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 #4,946 of 20,462 29.6%264
MedicineField #7,300 of 17,978 28.0%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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Vaasa Central Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 4.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 20.4 works4.1×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.68× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.55× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.23× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.36× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.07× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 1.30× its world share, 0 worksNursingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× 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.

Which keywords describe research at Vaasa Central Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Factors, Quality of Life, Chemotherapy, Inflammation, Prevention, Epidemiology, Genetic Mutations and Cardiovascular Diseases.

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

All 12 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology2▲ 1.97×27 topics
  2. Risk Factors2▲ 6.7×10 topics
  3. Inflammation2▲ 3.3×14 topics
  4. Quality of Life2▲ 4.7×10 topics
  5. Chemotherapy1▲ 7.5×11 topics
  6. Public Health1▲ 3.4×5 topics
  7. Diagnosis1▲ 4.4×14 topics
  8. Prevention1▲ 10×3 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Diseases1▲ 42×1 topic
  10. Genetic Mutations1▲ 8.9×8 topics
  11. Genetics1▲ 5.5×7 topics
  12. Mortality Trends1▲ 93×1 topic

Which research topics does Vaasa Central Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Healthcare Systems and Public Health, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Cancer survivorship and care and Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research.

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 worksLysosomal Storage Disord…0Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research: 0 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 0 fractional worksCardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies: 0 fractional worksNeurogenetic and Muscula…0Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research: 0 fractional worksEpilepsy research and treatment: 0 fractional worksPharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies: 0 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 0 fractional works
EpidemiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthOncologyPhysiology6 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 Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research Physiology 0 works
  5. 5 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  6. 6 Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research Genetics 0 works
  8. 8 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  9. 9 Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  10. 10 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Vaasa Central Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% lower 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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