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Research in Lecce

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Lecce, Italy. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Salento, CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change and Ospedale Vito Fazzi.

Research institutions
5
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
16k
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
300k
19.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
25.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1956-2026
71 years on the record
Lecce

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 Lecce?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of SalentoUniversity 13,054 #929
2CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate ChangeFunder 1,216 #4,271
3Ospedale Vito FazziHospital / health system 706 #16,164
4Accademia di Belle Arti di LecceUniversity 28 not ranked
5Conservatorio di Musica Tito SchipaInstitution 6 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 Salento: 87.0%CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change: 8.1%Ospedale Vito Fazzi: 4.7%Accademia di Belle Arti di Lecce: 0.2%1 other listed: 0.0%87%largest
University of Salento13k · 87.0%CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change1,216 · 8.1%Ospedale Vito Fazzi706 · 4.7%Accademia di Belle Arti di Lecce28 · 0.2%1 other listed6 · 0.0%

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

Which fields of science does Lecce work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research in Lecce is in Physical Sciences, 21% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (17%), Medicine (12%), Environmental Science (11%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,131 fractional works · 54.0% of its workEngineering: 682 fractional works · 17.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 138 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 126 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 69 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 66 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 47 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 41 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 38 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 37 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 33 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 423 fractional works · 10.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 134 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEcology: 66 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 55 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 47 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 216 fractional works · 5.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 71 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 35 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 204 fractional works · 5.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 62 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 43 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 42 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 31 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 187 fractional works · 4.7% of its workOceanography: 66 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 62 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 184 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 88 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomaterials: 39 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 117 fractional works · 3.0% of its workApplied Mathematics: 34 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeometry and Topology: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 54 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 39 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBioengineering: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 844 fractional works · 21.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 286 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 129 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 31 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 168 fractional works · 4.2% of its workArcheology: 43 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 153 fractional works · 3.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 53 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMarketing: 35 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 111 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 86 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFinance: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 82 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 44 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 566 fractional works · 14.3% of its workMedicine: 481 fractional works · 12.2% of its workSurgery: 61 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 42 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 36 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 8 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: 67 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 57 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDentistry: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 407 fractional works · 10.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 169 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPlant Science: 81 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFood Science: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 160 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 85 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 56 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLecce3,948fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences54%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences21%

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. Engineering68217.3%
    2. Environmental Science42310.7%
    3. Computer Science2165.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy2045.2%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1874.7%
    6. Materials Science1844.7%
    7. Mathematics1173.0%
    8. Chemistry541.4%
    9. Energy391.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering250.6%
    1. Social Sciences2867.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities1684.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting1533.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1112.8%
    5. Psychology822.1%
    6. Decision Sciences441.1%
    1. Medicine48112.2%
    2. Health Professions571.4%
    3. Dentistry180.5%
    4. Nursing80.2%
    5. Veterinary20.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1694.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1604.0%
    3. Neuroscience561.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology160.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Lecce strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Lecce is most concentrated in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (5.5× the world share in Nuclear and High Energy Physics).

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 58.9 works5.5×
← 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: 0.93× its world share, 149 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 142 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.41× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.91× its world share, 50 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.86× its world share, 22 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.84× its world share, 45 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.73× its world share, 193 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.70× its world share, 143 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.13× its world share, 35 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.21× its world share, 617 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.97× its world share, 332 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.36× its world share, 161 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.63× its world share, 105 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.38× its world share, 179 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.87× its world share, 14 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.56× its world share, 50 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.62× its world share, 402 worksMedicineNursing: 0.42× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.52× its world share, 149 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.23× its world share, 134 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 39 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.34× its world share, 97 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.71× its world share, 73 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 230 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.70×143 works
  2. Mathematics2.63×105 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.38×179 works
  4. Environmental Science1.97×332 works
  5. Chemical Engineering1.86×22 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.52×149 works
  7. Materials Science1.36×161 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.34×97 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.23×134 works
  10. Engineering1.21×617 works
  11. Decision Sciences1.19×39 works
  12. Energy1.13×35 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.93×149 works
  14. Neuroscience0.91×50 works
  15. Dentistry0.87×14 works
  16. Chemistry0.84×45 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.78×142 works
  18. Computer Science0.73×193 works
  19. Psychology0.71×73 works
  20. Medicine0.62×402 works
  21. Health Professions0.56×50 works
  22. Social Sciences0.54×230 works
  23. Nursing0.42×7 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.41×14 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.36×4 works
  26. Veterinary0.33×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Lecce?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Global Warming, Remote Sensing, Environmental Impact, Ocean Circulation, Cultural Heritage and Biomedical Applications.

▲ 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 Change309▲ 2.9×93 topics
  2. Sustainability175▲ 1.81×78 topics
  3. Environmental Impact120▲ 1.77×52 topics
  4. Machine Learning118◆ 0.90×78 topics
  5. Remote Sensing111▲ 2.3×34 topics
  6. Deep Learning96▼ 0.71×73 topics
  7. Biomedical Applications95▲ 2.0×36 topics
  8. Epidemiology91▼ 0.58×116 topics
  9. Global Warming86▲ 5.1×15 topics
  10. Cultural Heritage72▲ 3.4×27 topics
  11. Renewable Energy66▲ 1.16×37 topics
  12. Nanoparticles62▲ 1.24×43 topics
  13. Nanomaterials58▲ 1.41×20 topics
  14. Mechanical Properties58▲ 1.51×34 topics
  15. Greenhouse Gas Emissions54▲ 5.0×9 topics
  16. Ocean Circulation53▲ 9.8×3 topics
  17. Tissue Engineering52▲ 2.2×13 topics
  18. Biodiversity47▲ 1.56×27 topics
  19. Ecosystem Services45▲ 2.9×12 topics
  20. Data Assimilation40▲ 6.2×4 topics
  21. Stability37▲ 4.2×8 topics
  22. Efficiency36▲ 3.1×8 topics
  23. Climate Change Impact33▲ 3.7×6 topics
  24. Crystal Growth33▲ 3.0×11 topics
  25. Ecosystem Functioning32▲ 4.0×7 topics
  26. Extreme Events30▲ 8.2×2 topics
  27. Hydrological Cycle29▲ 7.3×2 topics
  28. Climate Modeling27▲ 9.2×1 topic
  29. Precipitation Extremes27▲ 9.2×1 topic
  30. Dark Matter27▲ 5.9×4 topics
  31. Sea-Level Rise25▲ 5.4×5 topics
  32. Marine Environment25▲ 4.4×3 topics
  33. Boundary Layer24▲ 4.8×4 topics
  34. Organometal Halide Perovskites23▲ 5.3×1 topic
  35. Perovskite Solar Cells23▲ 5.3×1 topic
  36. Ocean Acidification22▲ 7.3×3 topics
  37. Mediterranean21▲ 6.0×6 topics
  38. Oceanic Modeling21▲ 15×1 topic
  39. Tidal Analysis21▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Particle Physics21▲ 7.2×2 topics

What research is done in Lecce?

Perovskite Materials and…21Perovskite Materials and Applications: 21 fractional worksClimate variability and …19Climate variability and models: 19 fractional worksCorporate Social Responsibility Reporting: 16 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 14 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 13 fractional worksMarine Ecology and Invasive Species: 12 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 12 fractional worksParticle physics theoret…11Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 11 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 11 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics: 11 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringGlobal and Planetary ChangeStrategy and ManagementIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 21 works
  2. 2 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 19 works
  3. 3 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Strategy and Management 16 works
  4. 4 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 14 works
  5. 5 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 13 works
  6. 6 Marine Ecology and Invasive Species Global and Planetary Change 12 works
  7. 7 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 12 works
  8. 8 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 11 works
  9. 9 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 11 works
  10. 10 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 11 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%Lecce24.0% 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 31.9% in 2016.

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