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Research in Piacenza

Science Explorer records 10 research institutions in Piacenza, Italy. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital and Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale Piacenza.

Research institutions
10
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.6k
▲ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
28k
17.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1968-2026
59 years on the record
Piacenza

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 Piacenza?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Guglielmo da Saliceto HospitalHospital / health system 613 #14,795
2Ospedaliera di PiacenzaHospital / health system 594 #17,319 all time
3Horta (Italy)Company 208 #33,452 all time
4Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale PiacenzaGovernment institution 181 #20,426
5Siet (Italy)Company 20 not ranked
6Mandelli (Italy)Company 19 not ranked
7Lafer (Italy)Company 5 not ranked
8Conservatorio di Musica “G. Nicolini” di PiacenzaUniversity 4 not ranked
9Jobs (Italy)Company 2 not ranked
10Fondazione di Piacenza e VigevanoNonprofit 1 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.

Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital: 37.2%Ospedaliera di Piacenza: 36.1%Horta (Italy): 12.6%Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale Piacenza: 11.0%6 others listed: 3.1%37%largest
Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital613 · 37.2%Ospedaliera di Piacenza594 · 36.1%Horta (Italy)208 · 12.6%Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale Piacenza181 · 11.0%6 others listed51 · 3.1%

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

Which fields of science does Piacenza work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research in Piacenza is in Health Sciences, 14% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (67%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Engineering (5%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 274 fractional works · 71.1% of its workMedicine: 257 fractional works · 66.9% of its workSurgery: 39 fractional works · 10.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 35 fractional works · 9.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 24 fractional works · 6.3% of its workOncology: 16 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEpidemiology: 12 fractional works · 3.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 11 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 11 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 11 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRheumatology: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOphthalmology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workResearch and Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 55 fractional works · 14.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 23 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 17 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSensory Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 33 fractional works · 8.5% of its workEngineering: 18 fractional works · 4.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 23 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKPiacenza385fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences71%Social Sciences6%

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. Medicine25766.9%
    2. Health Professions102.6%
    3. Nursing41.0%
    4. Veterinary10.4%
    5. Dentistry10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology236.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences174.4%
    3. Neuroscience102.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology41.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    1. Engineering184.6%
    2. Environmental Science71.8%
    3. Computer Science30.8%
    4. Physics and Astronomy20.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    6. Energy10.2%
    7. Chemistry10.2%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    9. Mathematics00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Psychology102.5%
    2. Social Sciences61.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities30.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    6. Decision Sciences10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Piacenza strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Piacenza is most concentrated in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (8.6× the world share in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine).

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 30.4 works8.6×
← 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: 0.98× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.17× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.06× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.81× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.99× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.41× its world share, 222 worksMedicineNursing: 2.13× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.64× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.84× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.41×222 works
  2. Veterinary2.64×1 works
  3. Nursing2.13×4 works
  4. Neuroscience1.81×10 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.17×21 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.06×4 works
  7. Health Professions0.99×9 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.98×16 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.85×1 works
  10. Psychology0.84×9 works
  11. Dentistry0.59×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.37×6 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.34×3 works
  14. Engineering0.32×16 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.31×2 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.27×0 works
  17. Energy0.23×1 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.18×1 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.15×1 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.15×1 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.13×1 works
  22. Social Sciences0.12×5 works
  23. Chemistry0.10×0 works
  24. Computer Science0.10×3 works
  25. Mathematics0.09×0 works
  26. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Piacenza?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Heart Failure, Echocardiography, Diagnosis, Guidelines, Treatment, Sudden Cardiac Death and Surgical Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology48▲ 3.1×102 topics
  2. Heart Failure20▲ 12×14 topics
  3. Echocardiography18▲ 17×8 topics
  4. Treatment17▲ 3.6×35 topics
  5. Diagnosis16▲ 4.5×29 topics
  6. Quality of Life16▲ 2.9×30 topics
  7. Inflammation15▲ 1.81×51 topics
  8. Guidelines13▲ 7.1×12 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 2.5×31 topics
  10. Surgical Management11▲ 6.8×17 topics
  11. Chemotherapy10▲ 3.8×21 topics
  12. Management10▲ 3.4×23 topics
  13. Sudden Cardiac Death10▲ 31×2 topics
  14. Remote Monitoring9▲ 22×2 topics
  15. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy9▲ 58×1 topic
  16. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator9▲ 58×1 topic
  17. Mortality9▲ 4.0×12 topics
  18. Immunotherapy8▲ 3.0×15 topics
  19. Prognostic Factors8▲ 5.1×12 topics
  20. Complications8▲ 4.4×16 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations8▲ 4.6×18 topics
  22. Hearing Loss8▲ 17×3 topics
  23. Rehabilitation7▲ 4.8×12 topics
  24. SARS-CoV-27▲ 6.2×6 topics
  25. Thrombosis7▲ 6.8×6 topics
  26. Resuscitation7▲ 14×4 topics
  27. Hypothermia7▲ 23×2 topics
  28. Pathophysiology6▲ 5.7×9 topics
  29. Health-related Quality of Life6▲ 7.0×5 topics
  30. Catheter Ablation6▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Myocardial Infarction6▲ 6.6×7 topics
  32. Survival Rates6▲ 16×2 topics
  33. ACE2 Receptor6▲ 6.8×3 topics
  34. Neoadjuvant Therapy6▲ 6.4×5 topics
  35. Cardiac Arrest6▲ 27×1 topic
  36. Out-of-Hospital6▲ 27×1 topic
  37. Atrial Fibrillation6▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Cholangiocarcinoma6▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Rituximab5▲ 9.7×4 topics
  40. Stroke Prevention5▲ 11×2 topics

What research is done in Piacenza?

Cardiac pacing and defib…8Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 8 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 5 fractional worksHearing Loss and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 4 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 3 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…3Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 3 fractional worksFood Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research: 2 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 2 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEmergency MedicineCognitive NeuroscienceInfectious Diseases4 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  4. 4 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 4 works
  6. 6 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 3 works
  8. 8 Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research Immunology and Allergy 2 works
  9. 9 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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%Piacenza15.8% 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 23.4% in 2006.

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