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Research in Padova

Science Explorer records 29 research institutions in Padova, Italy. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Padua, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova and Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova.

Research institutions
29
9 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
104k
▲ 22% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
22.5%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 91,226 #157
2Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di PadovaResearch facility 3,298 #2,740
3Osservatorio Astronomico di PadovaResearch facility 2,259 #4,664
4Istituto Oncologico VenetoHospital / health system 2,006 #6,232
5Azienda Ospedale - Università PadovaHospital / health system 1,156 #10,807
6Veneto Institute of Molecular MedicineResearch facility 716 #8,095
7Institute of Condensed Matter Chemistry and Technologies for EnergyResearch facility 549 #9,791
8European Society for Organ TransplantationInstitution 434 #24,092 all time
9Ospedale Sant AntonioHospital / health system 411 #20,641
10Institute of Ionized GasResearch facility 301 #18,178 all time
11Città della Speranza FoundationNonprofit 276 #13,840
12Fondazione LanzaInstitution 275 #26,038 all time
13Consorzio per la Ricerca SanitariaInstitution 190 #31,686 all time
14Ab Analitica (Italy)Company 115 not ranked
15Doctors with Africa CuammNonprofit 108 not ranked
16Lundbeck (Italy)Company 77 not ranked
17Veneto Nanotech (Italy)Company 68 not ranked
18PENTA FoundationInstitution 38 not ranked
19Lynx (Italy)Company 32 not ranked
20Foundation for Cardiovascular Biomedical Research and Gene and Cell TherapyNonprofit 32 not ranked
21Biomolecular Research Genomics (Italy)Company 31 not ranked
22Research and Environmental Devices (Italy)Company 27 not ranked
232D Formazione (Italy)Company 26 not ranked
24HIT09 (Italy)Company 23 not ranked
25Dieffe (Italy)Company 8 not ranked
26Conservatorio di Musica Cesare PolliniUniversity 2 not ranked
27Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e RovigoNonprofit 2 not ranked
28Dv Tecnologie d'Avanguardia (Italy)Company 1 not ranked
29SinformNonprofit 0 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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: 88.0%Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova: 3.2%Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova: 2.2%Istituto Oncologico Veneto: 1.9%24 others listed: 4.7%88%largest
University of Padua91k · 88.0%Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova3,298 · 3.2%Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova2,259 · 2.2%Istituto Oncologico Veneto2,006 · 1.9%24 others listed4,898 · 4.7%

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

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×
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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.

Which keywords describe research in Padova?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Inflammation, Treatment, Genetic Mutations, Dark Matter, Machine Learning and Deep 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology852▲ 1.18×136 topics
  2. Climate Change509◆ 1.04×105 topics
  3. Deep Learning449▼ 0.72×76 topics
  4. Inflammation447▲ 1.18×83 topics
  5. Machine Learning441▼ 0.74×80 topics
  6. Treatment350▲ 1.58×52 topics
  7. Sustainability333▼ 0.75×97 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress319◆ 1.07×63 topics
  9. Quality of Life281◆ 1.07×59 topics
  10. Diagnosis252▲ 1.49×41 topics
  11. Environmental Impact247▼ 0.80×61 topics
  12. Cancer241◆ 0.99×56 topics
  13. Risk Factors239▲ 1.19×37 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease236▲ 1.17×39 topics
  15. Immunotherapy231▲ 1.78×19 topics
  16. Chemotherapy229▲ 1.80×25 topics
  17. Remote Sensing214◆ 0.95×36 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations207▲ 2.6×23 topics
  19. Metabolic Syndrome206▲ 1.39×23 topics
  20. Genetics199▲ 1.56×27 topics
  21. Obesity188▲ 1.36×26 topics
  22. Neurological Disorders187▲ 1.81×20 topics
  23. Management184▲ 1.29×35 topics
  24. Heart Failure174▲ 2.2×14 topics
  25. Biomarkers172▲ 1.38×18 topics
  26. Cultural Heritage169▲ 1.70×31 topics
  27. Prognostic Factors165▲ 2.1×14 topics
  28. Clinical Practice Guidelines160▲ 1.61×14 topics
  29. Aging154▲ 1.57×19 topics
  30. Echocardiography130▲ 2.6×8 topics
  31. Dark Matter129▲ 6.1×4 topics
  32. Mitochondrial Dysfunction120▲ 2.2×12 topics
  33. Immunosuppressive Therapy117▲ 3.4×8 topics
  34. Autoantibodies116▲ 2.7×8 topics
  35. Particle Physics90▲ 6.6×2 topics
  36. Black Holes86▲ 5.0×3 topics
  37. Supernovae77▲ 5.1×2 topics
  38. Cosmology76▲ 6.2×4 topics
  39. Cosmic Rays67▲ 7.2×2 topics
  40. Neutrinos67▲ 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

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