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Research in Alessandria

Science Explorer records 6 research institutions in Alessandria, Italy. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Azienda Ospedaliera Nazionale SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo.

Research institutions
6
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
894
▲ 41% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
13.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1966-2026
61 years on the record
Alessandria

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Alessandria?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Azienda Ospedaliera Nazionale SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare ArrigoHospital / health system 739 #12,108
2Istituto Tecnico Industriale Alessandro VoltaUniversity 97 not ranked
3Fondazione Intergruppo Italiano Linfomi OnlusResearch facility 41 not ranked
4Conservatorio Antonio VivaldiUniversity 9 not ranked
5Italian Foundation of Myelodysplastic SyndromesNonprofit 8 not ranked
6ProcoatInstitution 1 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Azienda Ospedaliera Nazionale SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo: 82.6%Istituto Tecnico Industriale Alessandro Volta: 10.8%Fondazione Intergruppo Italiano Linfomi Onlus: 4.6%Conservatorio Antonio Vivaldi: 1.0%2 others listed: 1.0%83%largest
Azienda Ospedaliera Nazionale SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo739 · 82.6%Istituto Tecnico Industriale Alessandro Volta97 · 10.8%Fondazione Intergruppo Italiano Linfomi Onlus41 · 4.6%Conservatorio Antonio Vivaldi9 · 1.0%2 others listed9 · 1.0%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Alessandria work in?

In 2022-now, 74% of research in Alessandria is in Health Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (69%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Engineering (4%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 243 fractional works · 73.7% of its workMedicine: 229 fractional works · 69.4% of its workSurgery: 38 fractional works · 11.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 23 fractional works · 7.0% of its workOncology: 23 fractional works · 7.0% of its workEpidemiology: 13 fractional works · 3.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 12 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHematology: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGastroenterology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 32 fractional works · 9.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 20 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 28 fractional works · 8.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 27 fractional works · 8.2% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 3.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAlessandria329fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences74%Social Sciences8%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine22969.4%
    2. Health Professions113.4%
    3. Nursing20.7%
    4. Dentistry10.2%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology206.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology61.7%
    3. Neuroscience41.2%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Social Sciences92.8%
    2. Psychology72.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance41.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities41.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting20.6%
    6. Decision Sciences20.5%
    1. Engineering123.7%
    2. Computer Science51.4%
    3. Environmental Science41.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy20.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.4%
    6. Materials Science10.3%
    7. Mathematics10.3%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Alessandria strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Alessandria is most concentrated in Oncology (6.4× the world share in Oncology).

  1. OncologySubfield · 21.0 works6.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.16× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.59× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.74× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.27× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.30× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.62× its world share, 201 worksMedicineNursing: 1.45× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.66× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.53× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.62×201 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology1.59×5 works
  3. Nursing1.45×2 works
  4. Health Professions1.30×10 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.16×18 works
  6. Veterinary0.80×0 works
  7. Neuroscience0.74×4 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.66×4 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.61×1 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.55×2 works
  11. Psychology0.53×5 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.41×3 works
  13. Dentistry0.37×0 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.29×1 works
  15. Engineering0.27×12 works
  16. Environmental Science0.26×4 works
  17. Social Sciences0.24×9 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.19×2 works
  19. Computer Science0.17×4 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.16×0 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×2 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.11×1 works
  23. Materials Science0.09×1 works
  24. Chemistry0.05×0 works
  25. Mathematics0.05×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Alessandria?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Prognostic Factors, Thrombosis, Quality of Life, Diagnosis and Heart Failure.

▲ 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-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city'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. Epidemiology39▲ 3.0×91 topics
  2. Immunotherapy19▲ 8.1×18 topics
  3. Inflammation16▲ 2.3×51 topics
  4. Quality of Life15▲ 3.1×32 topics
  5. Clinical Practice Guidelines13▲ 7.4×13 topics
  6. Diagnosis12▲ 4.0×30 topics
  7. Treatment12▲ 3.0×37 topics
  8. Management11▲ 4.3×23 topics
  9. Prognostic Factors11▲ 7.6×13 topics
  10. Thrombosis10▲ 12×6 topics
  11. Chemotherapy10▲ 4.1×22 topics
  12. Heart Failure10▲ 6.5×12 topics
  13. Lymphoma8▲ 16×3 topics
  14. Risk Factors8▲ 2.3×21 topics
  15. Radiation Therapy8▲ 18×4 topics
  16. Pandemic8▲ 2.4×6 topics
  17. Rituximab8▲ 16×4 topics
  18. Genetics8▲ 3.3×15 topics
  19. SARS-CoV-28▲ 7.7×6 topics
  20. Diagnostic Markers7▲ 62×2 topics
  21. BAP1 mutations7▲ 119×1 topic
  22. Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma7▲ 119×1 topic
  23. Surgical Management6▲ 4.8×14 topics
  24. Neoadjuvant Therapy6▲ 8.0×5 topics
  25. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention6▲ 14×4 topics
  26. Enteric Nervous System6▲ 39×2 topics
  27. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation6▲ 23×2 topics
  28. Rehabilitation6▲ 4.4×10 topics
  29. ACE2 Receptor6▲ 7.6×2 topics
  30. Laparoscopic Surgery6▲ 14×4 topics
  31. Myocardial Infarction6▲ 7.4×7 topics
  32. Cardiogenic Shock6▲ 34×1 topic
  33. Left Ventricular Assist Device6▲ 34×1 topic
  34. Stem Cells5▲ 6.0×7 topics
  35. Gene Expression Profiling5▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Molecular Profiling5▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Pathophysiology5▲ 5.3×9 topics
  38. PET Imaging5▲ 8.8×4 topics
  39. Tumor Regression5▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Cancer Immunotherapy5▲ 9.1×3 topics

What research is done in Alessandria?

Occupational and environmental lung diseases: 7 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 5 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 4 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 4 fractional worksCongenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…3COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 3 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 3 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 3 fractional worksBiomedical Text Mining a…3Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies: 3 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineBiomedical EngineeringOncologyPathology and Forensic Medicine6 others

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

  1. 1 Occupational and environmental lung diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  2. 2 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 5 works
  3. 3 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 4 works
  4. 4 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  6. 6 Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies Surgery 3 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 3 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 3 works
  10. 10 Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies Molecular Biology 3 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Alessandria14.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.9% in 2020.

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