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Research in Catania

Science Explorer records 14 research institutions in Catania, Italy. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Catania, Policlinico Universitario di Catania and R2M Solution (Italy).

Research institutions
14
7 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
53k
▲ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
1M
19.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
21.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Catania

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 Catania?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of CataniaUniversity 36,968 #1,048
2Istituto di Chimica BiomolecolareResearch facility 3,903 #21,130
3Policlinico Universitario di CataniaHospital / health system 2,322 #7,361
4Ospedale GaribaldiHospital / health system 1,041 #11,414
5Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico - Vittorio EmanueleHospital / health system 922 #18,339
6Ospedale CannizzaroHospital / health system 868 #12,375
7R2M Solution (Italy)Company 430 #9,187
8Ferrarotto HospitalHospital / health system 394 #22,019 all time
9Consorzio Catania RicercheNonprofit 124 #29,766 all time
10Medivis (Italy)Company 70 not ranked
11Accademia di Belle Arti di CataniaUniversity 28 not ranked
12Etna Biotech (Italy)Company 20 not ranked
13SIFI Medtech (Italy)Company 15 not ranked
14Consorzio Multi-Ente per la promozione e l'adozione di Tecnologie di calcolo AvanzatoNonprofit 2 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.

University of Catania: 78.5%Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare: 8.3%Policlinico Universitario di Catania: 4.9%Ospedale Garibaldi: 2.2%10 others listed: 6.1%78%largest
University of Catania37k · 78.5%Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare3,903 · 8.3%Policlinico Universitario di Catania2,322 · 4.9%Ospedale Garibaldi1,041 · 2.2%10 others listed2,873 · 6.1%

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

Which fields of science does Catania work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research in Catania is in Physical Sciences, 27% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (24%), Engineering (16%), Computer Science (7%).

Physical Sciences: 4,217 fractional works · 43.9% of its workEngineering: 1,529 fractional works · 15.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 472 fractional works · 4.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 244 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 157 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 106 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 102 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 93 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 76 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 709 fractional works · 7.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 226 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 134 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 127 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 80 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 61 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 655 fractional works · 6.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 207 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 150 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 129 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiation: 76 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 57 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 422 fractional works · 4.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 71 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 68 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 64 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 56 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 323 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 187 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomaterials: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 207 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeophysics: 59 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 132 fractional works · 1.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 70 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 126 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 80 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 75 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 2,578 fractional works · 26.9% of its workMedicine: 2,288 fractional works · 23.8% of its workSurgery: 283 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 209 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 149 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEpidemiology: 147 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 117 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 114 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 102 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 101 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 90 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 89 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 72 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 71 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 62 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 61 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 59 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 57 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 50 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 163 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 134 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 87 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDentistry: 98 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOral Surgery: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthodontics: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,408 fractional works · 14.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 508 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 203 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 69 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 63 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 146 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 310 fractional works · 3.2% of its workArcheology: 92 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 73 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 200 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 70 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 188 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 51 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 135 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 109 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 67 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 1,395 fractional works · 14.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 614 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 331 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGenetics: 88 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 48 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 98 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 468 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPlant Science: 224 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFood Science: 89 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 188 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 62 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 87 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKCatania9,598fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences44%Health Sciences27%Social Sciences15%

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. Engineering1,52915.9%
    2. Computer Science7097.4%
    3. Physics and Astronomy6556.8%
    4. Environmental Science4224.4%
    5. Materials Science3233.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences2072.2%
    7. Mathematics1321.4%
    8. Chemistry1261.3%
    9. Energy800.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering330.3%
  2. Health Sciences2,57826.9%
    1. Medicine2,28823.8%
    2. Health Professions1341.4%
    3. Dentistry981.0%
    4. Nursing440.5%
    5. Veterinary140.1%
  3. Social Sciences1,40814.7%
    1. Social Sciences5085.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities3103.2%
    3. Psychology2002.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1882.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1351.4%
    6. Decision Sciences670.7%
  4. Life Sciences1,39514.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6146.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4684.9%
    3. Neuroscience1882.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology870.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics380.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Catania strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Catania is most concentrated in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radiation and Physics and Astronomy (7.1× the world share in Nuclear and High Energy Physics).

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 189.4 works7.1×
  2. RadiationSubfield · 69.0 works5.9×
  3. Physics and AstronomyField · 584.4 works3.1×
  4. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 132.7 works3.0×
← 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: 1.02× its world share, 410 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.21× its world share, 546 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.89× its world share, 75 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.17× its world share, 161 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.15× its world share, 34 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.03× its world share, 31 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.85× its world share, 113 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.94× its world share, 618 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 176 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.95× its world share, 74 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.09× its world share, 1,386 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.87× its world share, 364 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.98× its world share, 288 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.24× its world share, 123 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.11× its world share, 584 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.14× its world share, 88 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.53× its world share, 119 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.23× its world share, 2,005 worksMedicineNursing: 0.88× its world share, 36 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.02× its world share, 12 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.05× its world share, 256 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.60× its world share, 163 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 56 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.66× its world share, 120 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.66× its world share, 169 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 441 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy3.11×584 works
  2. Dentistry2.14×88 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.33×176 works
  4. Mathematics1.24×123 works
  5. Medicine1.23×2,005 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.21×546 works
  7. Neuroscience1.17×161 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.15×34 works
  9. Engineering1.09×1,386 works
  10. Arts and Humanities1.05×256 works
  11. Chemical Engineering1.03×31 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.02×410 works
  13. Veterinary1.02×12 works
  14. Materials Science0.98×288 works
  15. Energy0.95×74 works
  16. Computer Science0.94×618 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.89×75 works
  18. Nursing0.88×36 works
  19. Environmental Science0.87×364 works
  20. Chemistry0.85×113 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.68×56 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.66×120 works
  23. Psychology0.66×169 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.60×163 works
  25. Health Professions0.53×119 works
  26. Social Sciences0.41×441 works

Which keywords describe research in Catania?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Cultural Heritage, Deep Learning, Inflammation, Climate Change, Oxidative Stress, Sustainability and Machine Learning.

▲ 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. Epidemiology409◆ 1.07×135 topics
  2. Deep Learning302◆ 0.91×78 topics
  3. Machine Learning247▼ 0.77×83 topics
  4. Climate Change246◆ 0.94×89 topics
  5. Inflammation244▲ 1.19×83 topics
  6. Sustainability229◆ 0.97×83 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress197▲ 1.25×62 topics
  8. Cultural Heritage190▲ 3.7×29 topics
  9. Environmental Impact186◆ 1.14×56 topics
  10. Treatment152▲ 1.30×52 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease144▲ 1.31×38 topics
  12. Quality of Life139◆ 1.01×57 topics
  13. Neural Networks139◆ 0.94×36 topics
  14. Cancer137◆ 1.06×58 topics
  15. Biomedical Applications129◆ 1.13×35 topics
  16. Remote Sensing125◆ 1.06×33 topics
  17. Nanoparticles119◆ 0.99×42 topics
  18. Diagnosis114▲ 1.27×40 topics
  19. Risk Factors108◆ 1.02×35 topics
  20. Metabolic Syndrome106▲ 1.37×24 topics
  21. Energy Efficiency99◆ 1.12×33 topics
  22. Obesity94▲ 1.28×27 topics
  23. Immunotherapy91▲ 1.32×19 topics
  24. Health Effects84▲ 1.45×24 topics
  25. Neurological Disorders82▲ 1.49×20 topics
  26. Biosensors79▲ 1.67×12 topics
  27. Diagnostic Criteria63▲ 2.9×10 topics
  28. Nucleosynthesis52▲ 11×3 topics
  29. Lattice QCD51▲ 9.0×2 topics
  30. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention49▲ 3.7×4 topics
  31. Dark Matter46▲ 4.2×4 topics
  32. Reliability44▲ 6.1×3 topics
  33. Mediterranean43▲ 5.1×6 topics
  34. Particle Physics41▲ 5.8×2 topics
  35. High-Temperature Electronics38▲ 6.6×2 topics
  36. Land Use37▲ 7.0×4 topics
  37. Silicon Carbide35▲ 7.7×2 topics
  38. IGBT Modules35▲ 8.8×1 topic
  39. Wide Bandgap Semiconductors35▲ 8.8×1 topic
  40. Real Estate Market34▲ 8.2×2 topics

What research is done in Catania?

Silicon Carbide Semicond…31Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies: 31 fractional worksNuclear physics research…31Nuclear physics research studies: 31 fractional worksUrban Planning and Valuation: 28 fractional worksParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 26 fractional worksEducational and Social Studies: 26 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 26 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Applications: 25 fractional worksSemiconductor materials …25Semiconductor materials and devices: 25 fractional worksRadiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies: 24 fractional works3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage: 23 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringNuclear and High Energy PhysicsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawEducation2 others

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

  1. 1 Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 31 works
  2. 2 Nuclear physics research studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 31 works
  3. 3 Urban Planning and Valuation Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 28 works
  4. 4 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 26 works
  5. 5 Educational and Social Studies Education 26 works
  6. 6 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 26 works
  7. 7 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 25 works
  8. 8 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 25 works
  9. 9 Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Radiation 24 works
  10. 10 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage Geology 23 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 counting10%20%30%Catania19.9% 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 29.2% in 2016.

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