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Research in Padova

Science Explorer records 25 research institutions in Padova, Italy. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Padua, Veneto Institute of Molecular Medicine and Istituto Oncologico Veneto.

Research institutions
25
6 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
104k
▲ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.6M
25.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
22.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record

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 Padova?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of PaduaUniversity 94,524 #196
2Istituto Oncologico VenetoHospital / health system 2,006 #7,828
3Azienda Ospedale - Università PadovaHospital / health system 1,156 #9,541
4Veneto Institute of Molecular MedicineResearch facility 716 #7,614
5European Society for Organ TransplantationInstitution 434 #28,953 all time
6Ospedale Sant AntonioHospital / health system 411 #19,313
7Città della Speranza FoundationNonprofit 276 #15,377
8Fondazione LanzaInstitution 275 #16,832 all time
9Consorzio per la Ricerca SanitariaInstitution 190 #19,353 all time
10Ab Analitica (Italy)Company 115 not ranked
11Doctors with Africa CuammNonprofit 108 not ranked
12Lundbeck (Italy)Company 77 not ranked
13Veneto Nanotech (Italy)Company 68 not ranked
14PENTA FoundationInstitution 38 not ranked
15Lynx (Italy)Company 32 not ranked
16Foundation for Cardiovascular Biomedical Research and Gene and Cell TherapyNonprofit 32 not ranked
17Biomolecular Research Genomics (Italy)Company 31 not ranked
18Research and Environmental Devices (Italy)Company 27 not ranked
192D Formazione (Italy)Company 26 not ranked
20HIT09 (Italy)Company 23 not ranked
21Dieffe (Italy)Company 8 not ranked
22Conservatorio di Musica Cesare PolliniUniversity 2 not ranked
23Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e RovigoNonprofit 2 not ranked
24Dv Tecnologie d'Avanguardia (Italy)Company 1 not ranked
25SinformNonprofit 0 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 Padua: 94.0%Istituto Oncologico Veneto: 2.0%Azienda Ospedale - Università Padova: 1.1%Veneto Institute of Molecular Medicine: 0.7%20 others listed: 2.2%94%largest
University of Padua95k · 94.0%Istituto Oncologico Veneto2,006 · 2.0%Azienda Ospedale - Università Padova1,156 · 1.1%Veneto Institute of Molecular Medicine716 · 0.7%20 others listed2,176 · 2.2%

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

Which fields of science does Padova work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research in Padova is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (27%), Engineering (14%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 8,060 fractional works · 38.9% of its workEngineering: 2,992 fractional works · 14.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 675 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 394 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 392 fractional works · 1.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 267 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 248 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 237 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 148 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 143 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 128 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 117 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 114 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 71 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1,214 fractional works · 5.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 410 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 323 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 209 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 116 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInstrumentation: 56 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 53 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 47 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1,176 fractional works · 5.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 486 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 167 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 160 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 116 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 108 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 51 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 87 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 947 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 188 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 185 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 115 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 96 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 85 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 59 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 59 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 51 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 48 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 47 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 507 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 287 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomaterials: 69 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 68 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 82 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 393 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeophysics: 113 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 90 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 45 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 92 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 372 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 98 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 72 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 59 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 90 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 253 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 135 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 118 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 157 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 137 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 50 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 6,183 fractional works · 29.8% of its workMedicine: 5,686 fractional works · 27.4% of its workSurgery: 749 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 546 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 470 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEpidemiology: 403 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOncology: 357 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 252 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 239 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 229 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 223 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 193 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 181 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 170 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 166 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 135 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 128 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 125 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 118 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 104 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 72 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 68 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 68 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 66 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 65 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 65 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 51 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 50 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 50 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 44 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 299 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 277 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 117 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 160 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDentistry: 77 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 77 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 73 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 65 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 60 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 3,479 fractional works · 16.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,303 fractional works · 6.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 502 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 183 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 169 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 49 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 49 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGender Studies: 48 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth: 45 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 257 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychology: 767 fractional works · 3.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 266 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 195 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 179 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 82 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 672 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHistory: 122 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 110 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 90 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 85 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 68 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 42 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 156 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 296 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 91 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 52 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 46 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 107 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 278 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 204 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 164 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 79 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 2,998 fractional works · 14.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1,378 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 762 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGenetics: 250 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 111 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 99 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 156 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 775 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPlant Science: 244 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 118 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 104 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 80 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 78 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 60 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 46 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 584 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 346 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 90 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 70 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 78 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 211 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 155 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 50 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKPadova21kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences39%Health Sciences30%Social Sciences17%

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. Engineering2,99214.4%
    2. Physics and Astronomy1,2145.9%
    3. Computer Science1,1765.7%
    4. Environmental Science9474.6%
    5. Materials Science5072.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences3931.9%
    7. Mathematics3721.8%
    8. Chemistry2531.2%
    9. Energy1570.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering500.2%
  1. Health Sciences6,18329.8%
    1. Medicine5,68627.4%
    2. Health Professions2771.3%
    3. Dentistry770.4%
    4. Nursing770.4%
    5. Veterinary650.3%
  2. Social Sciences3,47916.8%
    1. Social Sciences1,3036.3%
    2. Psychology7673.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities6723.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting2961.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2781.3%
    6. Decision Sciences1640.8%
  3. Life Sciences2,99814.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1,3786.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences7753.7%
    3. Neuroscience5842.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology2111.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics500.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Padova strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Padova is most concentrated in General Arts and Humanities, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Instrumentation (9.0× the world share in General Arts and Humanities).

  1. General Arts and HumanitiesSubfield · 34.2 works9.0×
  2. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 288.1 works5.0×
  3. InstrumentationSubfield · 45.1 works5.0×
  4. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 358.0 works3.8×
  5. ClassicsSubfield · 32.2 works3.0×
  6. HepatologySubfield · 102.0 works2.9×
  7. Physics and AstronomyField · 1,065.6 works2.6×
← 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: 0.79× its world share, 683 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.25× its world share, 1,214 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.00× its world share, 184 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.71× its world share, 507 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.67× its world share, 43 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.67× its world share, 42 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.77× its world share, 221 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.75× its world share, 1,060 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 323 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.80× its world share, 135 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.99× its world share, 2,707 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.90× its world share, 816 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.70× its world share, 443 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.54× its world share, 330 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.63× its world share, 1,066 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.80× its world share, 71 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.50× its world share, 242 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.42× its world share, 4,972 worksMedicineNursing: 0.77× its world share, 69 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.29× its world share, 57 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.11× its world share, 583 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.44× its world share, 259 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 140 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.64× its world share, 250 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.23× its world share, 684 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 1,128 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy2.63×1,066 works
  2. Veterinary2.29×57 works
  3. Neuroscience1.71×507 works
  4. Mathematics1.54×330 works
  5. Medicine1.42×4,972 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.25×1,214 works
  7. Psychology1.23×684 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.13×323 works
  9. Arts and Humanities1.11×583 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology1.00×184 works
  11. Engineering0.99×2,707 works
  12. Environmental Science0.90×816 works
  13. Energy0.80×135 works
  14. Dentistry0.80×71 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.80×140 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.79×683 works
  17. Chemistry0.77×221 works
  18. Nursing0.77×69 works
  19. Computer Science0.75×1,060 works
  20. Materials Science0.70×443 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.67×43 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.67×42 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.64×250 works
  24. Health Professions0.50×242 works
  25. Social Sciences0.49×1,128 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.44×259 works

Which keywords describe research in Padova?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Inflammation, Treatment, Genetic Mutations, Dark Matter, Diagnosis 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. Epidemiology967▲ 1.17×136 topics
  2. Climate Change597◆ 1.06×107 topics
  3. Inflammation522▲ 1.18×83 topics
  4. Deep Learning500▼ 0.70×77 topics
  5. Machine Learning498▼ 0.72×81 topics
  6. Treatment400▲ 1.59×52 topics
  7. Sustainability377▼ 0.74×103 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress357◆ 1.05×63 topics
  9. Quality of Life320◆ 1.07×59 topics
  10. Diagnosis294▲ 1.52×41 topics
  11. Environmental Impact290▼ 0.82×62 topics
  12. Risk Factors273▲ 1.20×37 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease272◆ 1.15×39 topics
  14. Cancer272◆ 0.97×58 topics
  15. Chemotherapy261▲ 1.78×25 topics
  16. Immunotherapy258▲ 1.73×19 topics
  17. Remote Sensing251◆ 0.99×36 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations234▲ 2.6×23 topics
  19. Genetics233▲ 1.59×27 topics
  20. Metabolic Syndrome229▲ 1.37×23 topics
  21. Obesity221▲ 1.38×27 topics
  22. Management216▲ 1.30×35 topics
  23. Neurological Disorders214▲ 1.81×20 topics
  24. Heart Failure200▲ 2.2×14 topics
  25. Cultural Heritage198▲ 1.79×32 topics
  26. Biomarkers197▲ 1.37×18 topics
  27. Prognostic Factors191▲ 2.1×14 topics
  28. Clinical Practice Guidelines191▲ 1.68×14 topics
  29. Aging174▲ 1.54×19 topics
  30. Complications165▲ 1.60×17 topics
  31. Echocardiography147▲ 2.5×8 topics
  32. Dark Matter147▲ 6.1×4 topics
  33. Immunosuppressive Therapy135▲ 3.4×8 topics
  34. Mitochondrial Dysfunction133▲ 2.2×12 topics
  35. Autoantibodies130▲ 2.7×8 topics
  36. Black Holes102▲ 5.1×3 topics
  37. Particle Physics101▲ 6.6×2 topics
  38. Cosmology88▲ 6.3×4 topics
  39. Cosmic Rays74▲ 7.2×2 topics
  40. Neutrinos74▲ 7.2×2 topics

What research is done in Padova?

  1. 1 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 54 works
  2. 2 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 54 works
  3. 3 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 48 works
  4. 4 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 48 works
  5. 5 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 48 works
  6. 6 Mitochondrial Function and Pathology Molecular Biology 44 works
  7. 7 Italian Fascism and Post-war Society Sociology and Political Science 44 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 44 works
  9. 9 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 42 works
  10. 10 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 41 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%Padova20.8% 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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