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VATT Institute for Economic Research

In research, VATT Institute for Economic Research stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,627 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#28,168
of 42,892
Rank in Finland
#113
of 183
Research works
307
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.9k
22.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

What is VATT Institute for Economic Research 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
Social SciencesDomain #8,627 of 16,945 36.5%229

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where VATT Institute for Economic Research 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).

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: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.40× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 1.38× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.00× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.36× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9.03× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.54× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.96× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 9.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at VATT Institute for Economic Research?

Ranked on the composite score, Jarkko Harju, Tomi Kyyrä and Tuomas Pekkarinen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is VATT Institute for Economic Research.

  1. 1 Jarkko Harju Finland · #666,295 worldwide 16 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Tomi Kyyrä Finland · #1,131,627 worldwide 27 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Tuomas Pekkarinen Finland · #1,171,044 worldwide 40 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Seppo Kari Finland · #1,189,792 worldwide 19 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Anni Huhtala Finland · #1,482,747 worldwide 30 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Antti Simola Finland · #1,564,080 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Essi Eerola Finland · #1,599,648 worldwide 4 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Hanna Pesola Finland · #1,628,187 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at VATT Institute for Economic Research

Which keywords describe research at VATT Institute for Economic Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Labor Market, Labor Force Participation, Income Tax, Economic Growth, Fiscal Policy, Social Policy, Regional Development and Aging Workforce.

▲ 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. Labor Market4▲ 37×6 topics
  2. Income Tax4▲ 123×2 topics
  3. Labor Force Participation4▲ 222×2 topics
  4. Economic Growth4▲ 12×6 topics
  5. Fiscal Policy4▲ 42×3 topics
  6. Regional Development2▲ 18×2 topics
  7. Social Policy2▲ 66×3 topics
  8. Aging Workforce2▲ 256×1 topic
  9. Retirement2▲ 88×1 topic
  10. Infrastructure2▲ 47×1 topic
  11. Taxation2▲ 69×1 topic
  12. Institutional Quality2▲ 53×2 topics
  13. Economic Development2▲ 6.7×5 topics
  14. Educational Inequality2▲ 94×3 topics
  15. Health Outcomes2▲ 19×3 topics
  16. Income Inequality2▲ 38×3 topics
  17. Gender Inequality2▲ 37×3 topics
  18. Unemployment2▲ 60×2 topics
  19. Incentives2▲ 72×3 topics
  20. Academic Achievement2▲ 26×4 topics
  21. Financial Reporting2▲ 37×2 topics
  22. Corporate Tax2▲ 134×1 topic
  23. Household Decision Making2▲ 185×1 topic
  24. Socioeconomic Status2▲ 77×2 topics
  25. Tax Avoidance2▲ 100×1 topic
  26. Welfare Reform2▲ 185×1 topic
  27. Innovation Policy1▲ 36×2 topics
  28. Consumer Behavior1▲ 5.4×2 topics
  29. Financial Literacy1▲ 37×1 topic
  30. Investment Decisions1▲ 27×2 topics
  31. Retirement Planning1▲ 96×1 topic
  32. Economic Crisis1▲ 25×1 topic
  33. Human Capital1▲ 19×4 topics
  34. Informal Economy1▲ 60×1 topic
  35. Personality Traits1▲ 23×4 topics
  36. Political Economy1▲ 12×4 topics
  37. Precarious Employment1▲ 48×1 topic
  38. Tax Evasion1▲ 63×1 topic
  39. Student Achievement1▲ 34×1 topic
  40. Teacher Quality1▲ 195×1 topic

Which research topics does VATT Institute for Economic Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Retirement, Disability, and Employment, Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics and Corporate Taxation and Avoidance.

Retirement, Disability, and Employment: 2 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 2 fractional worksGender, Labor, and Famil…2Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics: 2 fractional worksCorporate Taxation and A…2Corporate Taxation and Avoidance: 2 fractional worksFinancial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis: 1 fractional worksTaxation and Compliance Studies: 1 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare S…1Employment and Welfare Studies: 1 fractional worksSchool Choice and Perfor…1School Choice and Performance: 1 fractional worksRegional Development and…1Regional Development and Policy: 1 fractional worksGlobal Health Care Issues1Global Health Care Issues: 1 fractional works
DemographyEconomics and EconometricsGender StudiesAccounting3 others

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

  1. 1 Retirement, Disability, and Employment Demography 2 works
  2. 2 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  3. 3 Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics Gender Studies 2 works
  4. 4 Corporate Taxation and Avoidance Accounting 2 works
  5. 5 Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis Accounting 1 works
  6. 6 Taxation and Compliance Studies Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  7. 7 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 1 works
  8. 8 School Choice and Performance Education 1 works
  9. 9 Regional Development and Policy Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  10. 10 Global Health Care Issues General Health Professions 1 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 available58.3%not open41.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.6%domestic only63.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has VATT Institute for Economic Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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