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Research in Bologna

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Bologna, Italy. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Laboratori Guglielmo Marconi (Italy).

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
643
▲ 44% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.8k
15.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1964-2026
63 years on the record
Bologna

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 Bologna?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Laboratori Guglielmo Marconi (Italy)Company 643 #9,104

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.

Which fields of science does Bologna work in?

In 2022-now, 63% of research in Bologna is in Physical Sciences, 18% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (44%), Medicine (16%), Computer Science (13%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 163 fractional works · 63.4% of its workEngineering: 113 fractional works · 43.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 53 fractional works · 20.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 14 fractional works · 5.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 5.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 11 fractional works · 4.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 32 fractional works · 12.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 12 fractional works · 4.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 9 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 46 fractional works · 18.0% of its workMedicine: 40 fractional works · 15.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 27 fractional works · 10.4% of its workNeuroscience: 17 fractional works · 6.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 13 fractional works · 5.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 3.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBologna258fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences63%Health Sciences18%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. Engineering11343.8%
    2. Computer Science3212.6%
    3. Materials Science62.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy52.0%
    5. Environmental Science20.6%
    6. Chemistry10.6%
    7. Mathematics10.5%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.3%
    9. Energy10.3%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    1. Medicine4015.6%
    2. Health Professions41.5%
    3. Dentistry20.8%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Neuroscience176.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology62.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    1. Psychology93.3%
    2. Social Sciences52.1%
    3. Decision Sciences31.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting20.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Bologna strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Bologna is most concentrated in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (6.0× the world share in Electrical and Electronic Engineering).

  1. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 48.5 works6.0×
← 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: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.12× its world share, 15 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.57× its world share, 28 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.00× its world share, 102 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.74× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.93× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.82× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.81× its world share, 35 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.04× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience4.12×15 works
  2. Engineering3.00×102 works
  3. Dentistry1.82×2 works
  4. Computer Science1.57×28 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.34×3 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.08×1 works
  7. Psychology1.04×7 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy0.93×5 works
  9. Medicine0.81×35 works
  10. Materials Science0.74×6 works
  11. Health Professions0.50×3 works
  12. Chemistry0.37×1 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.36×4 works
  14. Energy0.36×1 works
  15. Veterinary0.36×0 works
  16. Mathematics0.31×1 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.28×2 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.23×2 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.22×1 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.20×0 works
  21. Environmental Science0.14×2 works
  22. Social Sciences0.14×4 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.11×0 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.02×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Bologna?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Energy Efficiency, Deep Learning, Wireless Power Transfer, Sensor Networks, Energy Management, Power Electronics, RFID Technology and Information Transfer.

▲ 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. Deep Learning18▲ 2.0×50 topics
  2. Energy Efficiency14▲ 6.0×19 topics
  3. Machine Learning11▲ 1.24×39 topics
  4. Neural Networks10▲ 2.4×21 topics
  5. Wireless Power Transfer9▲ 40×2 topics
  6. Sensor Networks8▲ 12×4 topics
  7. Wireless Sensor Networks7▲ 6.3×10 topics
  8. Energy Management7▲ 17×2 topics
  9. Power Electronics7▲ 8.2×8 topics
  10. RFID Technology7▲ 15×2 topics
  11. Information Transfer6▲ 41×1 topic
  12. Wireless Energy Harvesting6▲ 41×1 topic
  13. Nanocomposites6▲ 2.8×8 topics
  14. Wireless Communications6▲ 12×4 topics
  15. Metamaterial5▲ 23×2 topics
  16. Antenna4▲ 21×1 topic
  17. Microstrip4▲ 21×1 topic
  18. 5G Networks4▲ 8.4×5 topics
  19. Motor Imagery4▲ 13×2 topics
  20. Renewable Energy Integration4▲ 5.0×4 topics
  21. Brain-Computer Interfaces4▲ 17×1 topic
  22. EEG Analysis4▲ 17×1 topic
  23. Thermal Management4▲ 4.8×4 topics
  24. Electric Vehicle Charging4▲ 18×2 topics
  25. Fault Tolerance4▲ 9.1×7 topics
  26. Fault Detection4▲ 9.9×3 topics
  27. Dielectrics3▲ 39×1 topic
  28. Partial Discharge3▲ 39×1 topic
  29. Polymer3▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Actuators3▲ 7.5×5 topics
  31. Massive MIMO3▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Security and Privacy3▲ 6.5×3 topics
  33. Cognitive Development3▲ 9.1×3 topics
  34. MIMO Systems3▲ 14×3 topics
  35. Efficiency Optimization3▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Functional Connectivity3▲ 8.3×3 topics
  37. Graph Theory3▲ 10.0×2 topics
  38. Wireless Communication3▲ 7.6×5 topics
  39. Photovoltaic Systems3▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Signal Processing3▲ 7.9×3 topics

What research is done in Bologna?

Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks: 6 fractional worksAntenna Design and Analysis: 4 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer I…4EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 4 fractional worksHigh voltage insulation …3High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena: 3 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 2 fractional worksWireless Power Transfer Systems: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technol…2Advanced Battery Technologies Research: 2 fractional worksMultilevel Inverters and Converters: 2 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 2 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 2 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringAerospace EngineeringCognitive NeuroscienceMaterials Chemistry2 others

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

  1. 1 Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  2. 2 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  3. 3 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  4. 4 High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena Materials Chemistry 3 works
  5. 5 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  6. 6 Wireless Power Transfer Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Multilevel Inverters and Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  10. 10 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 2 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 counting20%40%60%Bologna18.5% 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 41.6% in 2015.

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