Evaluation Report Publications of the Academy of Finland 1/11

Research quality
The quality of the work is quite satisfactory. The publication output would be small 
for a university unit of comparable size, but given the number of patents applied for, 
the research activity and publication output are good. The quality of articles 
published in international journals is good and they are published in respected 
journals in their field. The increased focus of VTT on basic research has both positive 
and negative sides: the organisation is in this way building a more solid scientific base 
for its application-driven research, but is also to an increasing extent competing with 
other research units, making the division of roles between the VTT and university 
research units less clear.
The panel noted that the patenting strategy has changed, and that now the unit is 
concentrating on fewer but “heavier” patents, putting more emphasis on quality than 
quantity. The panel supports this shift in focus.