Tutkimusten

Tutkimusten is the genitive plural form of the Finnish noun tutkimus, meaning research or study. It denotes possession or association with multiple studies and is typically translated as "of the studies." In common usage it appears in fixed phrases such as "tutkimusten mukaan" (according to the studies) and "tutkimusten tulokset" (the results of the studies).

In academic and journalistic writing, tutkimusten is used to attribute findings to a body of research rather than to a single study. It is common in literature reviews, meta-analyses, and syntheses of evidence, where conclusions reflect patterns observed across multiple sources. The form helps situate conclusions within a broader evidence base.

Examples:

- Tutkimusten mukaan liikunta parantaa terveyttä. (According to the studies, exercise improves health.)

- Tutkimusten tulokset osoittavat yhteyden kahden muuttujan välillä. (The results of the studies show a link between the two variables.)

Notes:

Tutkimusten is a grammatical form, not a standalone noun, and its meaning depends on context and the accompanying noun phrase. It should not be confused with tutkimuksia, the partitive plural, which refers to an unspecified portion of studies. The term is most common in formal Finnish writing and is frequently encountered when summarizing or contrasting findings across multiple investigations.

Related topics include tutkimus (the singular noun for research) and meta-analyyttiset yhteenvetot (meta-analyses), which often employ the underlying idea of aggregating findings from many tutkimukset.