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Research in Bolzano

Science Explorer records 9 research institutions in Bolzano, Italy. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Eurac Research and Ospedale di Bolzano.

Research institutions
9
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
12k
▲ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
216k
18.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
27.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1952-2026
75 years on the record
Bolzano

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 Bolzano?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Free University of Bozen-BolzanoUniversity 6,402 #1,333
2Eurac ResearchNonprofit 3,278 #1,935
3Ospedale di BolzanoHospital / health system 1,430 #8,026
4Villa MelittaHospital / health system 173 #24,888 all time
5SunEdison (Italy)Company 133 #34,417 all time
6Micro Photon DevicesCompany 65 not ranked
7Landesfachhochschule für Gesundheitsberufe ClaudianaHospital / health system 31 not ranked
8Techno Innovation South Tyrol (Italy)Company 12 not ranked
9Istituto di Alta Formazione Musicale Conservatorio "Claudio Monteverdi"Institution 4 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.

Free University of Bozen-Bolzano: 55.5%Eurac Research: 28.4%Ospedale di Bolzano: 12.4%Villa Melitta: 1.5%5 others listed: 2.1%56%largest
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano6,402 · 55.5%Eurac Research3,278 · 28.4%Ospedale di Bolzano1,430 · 12.4%Villa Melitta173 · 1.5%5 others listed245 · 2.1%

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

Which fields of science does Bolzano work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research in Bolzano is in Physical Sciences, 27% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (16%), Medicine (14%), Computer Science (12%).

Physical Sciences: 1,605 fractional works · 42.3% of its workEngineering: 596 fractional works · 15.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 91 fractional works · 2.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 86 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 79 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 79 fractional works · 2.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 69 fractional works · 1.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 43 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArchitecture: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 438 fractional works · 11.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 146 fractional works · 3.9% of its workInformation Systems: 87 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 45 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 44 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 34 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoftware: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 316 fractional works · 8.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 76 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 56 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 55 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 35 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 79 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 47 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 43 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNumerical Analysis: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBioengineering: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,042 fractional works · 27.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 412 fractional works · 10.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 150 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEducation: 66 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 62 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSafety Research: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 233 fractional works · 6.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 50 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 44 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 41 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAccounting: 31 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 137 fractional works · 3.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 126 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 46 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 28 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 88 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 62 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 45 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 623 fractional works · 16.4% of its workMedicine: 529 fractional works · 13.9% of its workSurgery: 67 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 47 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 44 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 33 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 61 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 65 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 528 fractional works · 13.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 259 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPlant Science: 105 fractional works · 2.8% of its workFood Science: 56 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 177 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 91 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGenetics: 44 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 70 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 33 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBolzano3,799fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences42%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences27%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering59615.7%
    2. Computer Science43811.5%
    3. Environmental Science3168.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences792.1%
    5. Materials Science431.1%
    6. Mathematics371.0%
    7. Energy300.8%
    8. Physics and Astronomy260.7%
    9. Chemistry250.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering150.4%
  2. Social Sciences1,04227.4%
    1. Social Sciences41210.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting2336.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities1373.6%
    4. Psychology1263.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance882.3%
    6. Decision Sciences451.2%
    1. Medicine52913.9%
    2. Health Professions651.7%
    3. Nursing180.5%
    4. Veterinary60.2%
    5. Dentistry60.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2596.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1774.7%
    3. Neuroscience701.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology190.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Bolzano strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Bolzano is most concentrated in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Management of Technology and Innovation (3.8× the world share in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering).

  1. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 64.8 works3.8×
  2. Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield · 38.2 works3.8×
← 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: 1.41× its world share, 220 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.81× its world share, 143 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.45× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.12× its world share, 60 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.30× its world share, 15 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.44× its world share, 23 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.52× its world share, 390 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.21× its world share, 62 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.89× its world share, 27 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.07× its world share, 532 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.64× its world share, 268 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 36 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.86× its world share, 33 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.30× its world share, 22 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.30× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.67× its world share, 58 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.69× its world share, 439 worksMedicineNursing: 1.02× its world share, 16 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.28× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.23× its world share, 117 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.03× its world share, 216 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 38 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.17× its world share, 82 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.10× its world share, 111 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 360 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting2.03×216 works
  2. Environmental Science1.64×268 works
  3. Computer Science1.52×390 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.41×220 works
  5. Chemical Engineering1.30×15 works
  6. Veterinary1.28×6 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.23×117 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.21×62 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.18×38 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.17×82 works
  11. Neuroscience1.12×60 works
  12. Psychology1.10×111 works
  13. Engineering1.07×532 works
  14. Nursing1.02×16 works
  15. Energy0.89×27 works
  16. Mathematics0.86×33 works
  17. Social Sciences0.86×360 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.81×143 works
  19. Medicine0.69×439 works
  20. Health Professions0.67×58 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.45×15 works
  22. Chemistry0.44×23 works
  23. Materials Science0.32×36 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.30×22 works
  25. Dentistry0.30×5 works
  26. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.26×3 works

Which keywords describe research in Bolzano?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Thermal Comfort, Remote Sensing, Big Data, Machine Learning, Energy Simulation and Biodiversity Conservation.

▲ 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. Climate Change232▲ 2.2×95 topics
  2. Sustainability196▲ 2.1×81 topics
  3. Machine Learning120◆ 0.95×72 topics
  4. Deep Learning119◆ 0.91×72 topics
  5. Remote Sensing91▲ 1.96×28 topics
  6. Renewable Energy83▲ 1.50×36 topics
  7. Big Data76▲ 2.1×23 topics
  8. Innovation71▲ 1.81×44 topics
  9. Environmental Impact69◆ 1.07×44 topics
  10. Energy Efficiency64▲ 1.83×34 topics
  11. Supply Chain Management58▲ 1.69×20 topics
  12. Social Capital57▲ 2.9×15 topics
  13. Biodiversity Conservation51▲ 3.6×15 topics
  14. Thermal Comfort49▲ 10×2 topics
  15. Artificial Neural Networks49▲ 2.8×7 topics
  16. Conservation47▲ 2.9×18 topics
  17. Cultural Heritage46▲ 2.2×25 topics
  18. Model Predictive Control43▲ 4.5×6 topics
  19. Invasive Species41▲ 2.6×21 topics
  20. Climate Change Impact40▲ 4.6×5 topics
  21. Ecosystem Services38▲ 2.6×13 topics
  22. Land Use Change38▲ 3.4×6 topics
  23. Hydrology36▲ 7.3×4 topics
  24. Energy Simulation36▲ 11×2 topics
  25. Greenhouse Gas Emissions35▲ 3.4×5 topics
  26. Knowledge Representation34▲ 11×5 topics
  27. Building Energy Consumption34▲ 12×1 topic
  28. Sustainable Buildings34▲ 12×1 topic
  29. Cyber-Physical Systems34▲ 3.4×8 topics
  30. Description Logics32▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Polyphenols32▲ 4.7×6 topics
  32. Data Integration30▲ 4.7×6 topics
  33. Semantic Web29▲ 8.1×5 topics
  34. Digital Twin28▲ 5.3×2 topics
  35. Model Checking26▲ 14×3 topics
  36. Cloud Manufacturing25▲ 7.1×1 topic
  37. Smart Manufacturing25▲ 7.1×1 topic
  38. Business Process Management23▲ 28×1 topic
  39. Workflow Mining23▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Ontology23▲ 7.7×4 topics

What research is done in Bolzano?

Building Energy and Comf…29Building Energy and Comfort Optimization: 29 fractional worksDigital Transformation i…23Digital Transformation in Industry: 23 fractional worksBusiness Process Modelin…20Business Process Modeling and Analysis: 20 fractional worksSemantic Web and Ontolog…20Semantic Web and Ontologies: 20 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 17 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 15 fractional worksCryospheric studies and …15Cryospheric studies and observations: 15 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 15 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 14 fractional worksHorticultural and Viticu…13Horticultural and Viticultural Research: 13 fractional works
Building and ConstructionIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringManagement Information SystemsArtificial Intelligence5 others

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

  1. 1 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 29 works
  2. 2 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 23 works
  3. 3 Business Process Modeling and Analysis Management Information Systems 20 works
  4. 4 Semantic Web and Ontologies Artificial Intelligence 20 works
  5. 5 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 17 works
  6. 6 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 15 works
  7. 7 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 15 works
  8. 8 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 15 works
  9. 9 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 14 works
  10. 10 Horticultural and Viticultural Research Plant Science 13 works

Research output over time

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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%Bolzano24.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 33.7% in 2016.

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