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Research in L’Aquila

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in L’Aquila, Italy. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of L'Aquila and Gran Sasso Science Institute.

Research institutions
5
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
22k
▲ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
437k
19.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
21.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1956-2026
71 years on the record
L’Aquila

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 L’Aquila?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of L'AquilaUniversity 19,579 #935
2Gran Sasso Science InstituteUniversity 1,265 #4,579
3Consorzio CREO (Italy)Company 132 #28,719 all time
4Conservatorio statale di Musica Alfredo CasellaInstitution 8 not ranked
5Accademia di Belle Arti dell'AquilaUniversity 7 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 L'Aquila: 93.3%Gran Sasso Science Institute: 6.0%Consorzio CREO (Italy): 0.6%Conservatorio statale di Musica Alfredo Casella: 0.0%1 other listed: 0.0%93%largest
University of L'Aquila20k · 93.3%Gran Sasso Science Institute1,265 · 6.0%Consorzio CREO (Italy)132 · 0.6%Conservatorio statale di Musica Alfredo Casella8 · 0.0%1 other listed7 · 0.0%

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

Which fields of science does L’Aquila work in?

In 2022-now, 58% of research in L’Aquila is in Physical Sciences, 18% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (24%), Medicine (15%), Computer Science (11%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,722 fractional works · 58.0% of its workEngineering: 1,109 fractional works · 23.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 270 fractional works · 5.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 131 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 130 fractional works · 2.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 126 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 106 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 65 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 58 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 58 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 44 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 40 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 527 fractional works · 11.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 143 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 112 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems: 73 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 67 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 39 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoftware: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 394 fractional works · 8.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 144 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 102 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 61 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 53 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiation: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 244 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 60 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 42 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcological Modeling: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 145 fractional works · 3.1% of its workApplied Mathematics: 44 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMathematical Physics: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNumerical Analysis: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 112 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 96 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 67 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 53 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 864 fractional works · 18.4% of its workMedicine: 705 fractional works · 15.0% of its workSurgery: 95 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 48 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 47 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 42 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 39 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 82 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDentistry: 80 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrthodontics: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOral Surgery: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPeriodontics: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 66 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 680 fractional works · 14.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 229 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 86 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEducation: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 142 fractional works · 3.0% of its workArcheology: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 106 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 98 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 80 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 61 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 44 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 425 fractional works · 9.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 218 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 123 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 46 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 95 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPlant Science: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 82 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKL’Aquila4,691fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences58%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences14%

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. Engineering1,10923.7%
    2. Computer Science52711.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy3948.4%
    4. Environmental Science2445.2%
    5. Mathematics1453.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1122.4%
    7. Materials Science962.1%
    8. Chemistry531.1%
    9. Energy220.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering210.4%
    1. Medicine70515.0%
    2. Dentistry801.7%
    3. Health Professions661.4%
    4. Nursing120.2%
    5. Veterinary20.0%
    1. Social Sciences2294.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities1423.0%
    3. Psychology1062.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance982.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting611.3%
    6. Decision Sciences440.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2184.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences952.0%
    3. Neuroscience821.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology240.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is L’Aquila strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in L’Aquila is most concentrated in Software, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Orthodontics (11.2× the world share in Software).

  1. SoftwareSubfield · 30.0 works11×
  2. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 131.2 works10×
  3. OrthodonticsSubfield · 29.0 works6.2×
← 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: 0.42× its world share, 82 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.86× its world share, 192 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.50× its world share, 21 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.04× its world share, 70 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.30× its world share, 19 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.68× its world share, 44 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.43× its world share, 465 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.50× its world share, 98 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.50× its world share, 19 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.61× its world share, 1,008 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.03× its world share, 213 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.58× its world share, 85 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.59× its world share, 127 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.81× its world share, 354 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.61× its world share, 73 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.53× its world share, 58 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.78× its world share, 624 worksMedicineNursing: 0.52× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.07× its world share, 129 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.41× its world share, 55 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 41 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.98× its world share, 87 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.76× its world share, 97 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 191 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy3.81×354 works
  2. Dentistry3.61×73 works
  3. Mathematics2.59×127 works
  4. Engineering1.61×1,008 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.50×98 works
  6. Computer Science1.43×465 works
  7. Chemical Engineering1.30×19 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.07×129 works
  9. Neuroscience1.04×70 works
  10. Environmental Science1.03×213 works
  11. Decision Sciences1.01×41 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.98×87 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.86×192 works
  14. Medicine0.78×624 works
  15. Psychology0.76×97 works
  16. Chemistry0.68×44 works
  17. Materials Science0.58×85 works
  18. Health Professions0.53×58 works
  19. Nursing0.52×11 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.50×21 works
  21. Energy0.50×19 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.42×82 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.41×55 works
  24. Social Sciences0.36×191 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.28×4 works
  26. Veterinary0.28×2 works

Which keywords describe research in L’Aquila?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Cosmic Rays, Neutrinos, Dark Matter, Particle Physics, Machine Learning, Sustainability and Climate Change.

▲ 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. Machine Learning160◆ 1.02×78 topics
  2. Epidemiology143▼ 0.76×118 topics
  3. Deep Learning141◆ 0.87×70 topics
  4. Climate Change135◆ 1.06×85 topics
  5. Sustainability135▲ 1.17×63 topics
  6. Cultural Heritage97▲ 3.9×21 topics
  7. Environmental Impact79◆ 0.98×40 topics
  8. Quality of Life76◆ 1.13×50 topics
  9. Energy Efficiency70▲ 1.62×29 topics
  10. Remote Sensing70▲ 1.23×31 topics
  11. Cosmic Rays67▲ 29×2 topics
  12. Neutrinos67▲ 29×2 topics
  13. Mechanical Properties62▲ 1.36×32 topics
  14. Big Data61▲ 1.36×23 topics
  15. Dark Matter58▲ 11×4 topics
  16. Particle Physics55▲ 16×2 topics
  17. Power Electronics49▲ 3.3×8 topics
  18. Galactic Center42▲ 20×2 topics
  19. Distributed Systems42▲ 5.2×6 topics
  20. Stability Analysis41▲ 5.6×6 topics
  21. Cosmology41▲ 13×3 topics
  22. Nonlinear Dynamics39▲ 3.8×8 topics
  23. Sensor Networks38▲ 3.4×5 topics
  24. Axions36▲ 33×1 topic
  25. WIMPs36▲ 33×1 topic
  26. Feedback Control33▲ 4.3×8 topics
  27. Gravitational Waves32▲ 12×2 topics
  28. High-Energy Astrophysics31▲ 25×1 topic
  29. Particle Acceleration31▲ 25×1 topic
  30. Distributed Control28▲ 5.6×3 topics
  31. Supernovae28▲ 7.3×2 topics
  32. Land Use26▲ 10×4 topics
  33. Thermodynamic Analysis25▲ 8.6×3 topics
  34. CMOS Technology25▲ 6.7×5 topics
  35. Public-Private Partnerships25▲ 7.0×4 topics
  36. Neutrino Flavor Transformation24▲ 34×1 topic
  37. Neutrino Oscillations24▲ 34×1 topic
  38. Requirements Engineering23▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Multi-Criteria Analysis23▲ 9.4×3 topics
  40. Orthognathic Surgery23▲ 9.6×2 topics

What research is done in L’Aquila?

Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena: 33 fractional worksAstrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena: 29 fractional worksNeutrino Physics Research: 22 fractional worksSoftware System Performance and Reliability: 20 fractional worksOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics: 20 fractional worksUrban Planning and Valuation: 19 fractional worksSoftware Engineering Research: 18 fractional works3D Surveying and Cultura…183D Surveying and Cultural Heritage: 18 fractional worksParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 17 fractional worksStructural Health Monitoring Techniques: 17 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsComputer Networks and CommunicationsOrthodonticsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law3 others

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

  1. 1 Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 33 works
  2. 2 Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 29 works
  3. 3 Neutrino Physics Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 22 works
  4. 4 Software System Performance and Reliability Computer Networks and Communications 20 works
  5. 5 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Orthodontics 20 works
  6. 6 Urban Planning and Valuation Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 19 works
  7. 7 Software Engineering Research Information Systems 18 works
  8. 8 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage Geology 18 works
  9. 9 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 17 works
  10. 10 Structural Health Monitoring Techniques Civil and Structural Engineering 17 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%L’Aquila19.5% 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 31.8% in 2016.

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