Universities by Research Publications in Finland
Universities and colleges ranked by the number of scholarly works indexed by OpenAlex. This measures research volume, not teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.
1University of Helsinki23,051,743 citations
222,045
2University of Turku7,115,125 citations
94,412
3University of Oulu6,186,125 citations
73,630
4Aalto University3,798,544 citations
65,774
5University of Eastern Finland4,912,930 citations
59,107
6University of Jyväskylä3,305,009 citations
56,542
7University of Tampere3,608,060 citations
51,223
8Tampere University2,366,674 citations
49,790
9Åbo Akademi University1,677,173 citations
25,869
10Tampere University of Technology1,367,857 citations
22,753
11Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology1,442,564 citations
22,145
12Laurea University of Applied Sciences15,672 citations
9,247
13University of Vaasa272,409 citations
7,960
14Tampere University of Applied Sciences18,899 citations
7,191
15Turku University of Applied Sciences29,737 citations
6,751
16Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences19,869 citations
5,897
17University of Lapland130,185 citations
5,273
18Oulu University of Applied Sciences11,647 citations
4,152
19Hanken School of Economics215,795 citations
3,925
20JAMK University of Applied Sciences13,579 citations
3,538
21Satakunta University of Applied Sciences8,338 citations
3,398
22Centria University of Applied Sciences5,373 citations
2,380
23Savonia University of Applied Sciences5,958 citations
2,327
24Bank of Finland65,583 citations
2,275
25LAB University of Applied Sciences5,621 citations
1,899
26Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences9,844 citations
1,839
27Diaconia University of Applied Sciences2,902 citations
1,622
28Arcada University of Applied Sciences13,325 citations
1,599
29National Defence University10,536 citations
1,174
30Häme University of Applied Sciences11,778 citations
1,098
31South Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences9,041 citations
1,064
32Finland University389 citations
1,023
33University of the Arts Helsinki11,694 citations
945
34Lapland University of Applied Sciences3,068 citations
907
35Saimaa University of Applied Sciences959 citations
859
36Novia University of Applied Sciences21,446 citations
822
37Vaasa University of Applied Sciences3,338 citations
727
38Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences11,214 citations
697
39Kajaani University of Applied Sciences5,076 citations
680
40Humak University of Applied Sciences1,056 citations
625
41Sibelius Academy9,536 citations
529
42Karelia University of Applied Sciences2,388 citations
439
43Police University College5,891 citations
222
44Teatterikorkeakoulu950 citations
97
45Emergency Services College1,153 citations
90
46University Consortium of Pori1,219 citations
53
47TTS Työtehoseura102 citations
38
48Kuvataideakatemia82 citations
36
49Espoo Music Institute710 citations
14
50Salpaus Further Education66 citations
11
Highlights
Within Finland, University of Helsinki ranks first in 2026 with 222,045, followed by University of Turku (94,412) and University of Oulu (73,630).
University of Helsinki is 2.4 times higher than University of Turku, the runner-up.
Across 50 entries, values run from 222,045 (University of Helsinki) to 11 (Salpaus Further Education), with a median of 1,869.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Publications, 2026. Unit: works.
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