Research in Pisa
Science Explorer records 31 research institutions in Pisa, Italy. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Pisa, Scuola Normale Superiore and Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna.
- Research institutions
- 31 14 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 101k ▲ 20% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 22.4% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Pisa?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of PisaUniversity | 59,922 | #386 | |
| 2 | Scuola Superiore Sant'AnnaUniversity | 8,305 | #2,352 | |
| 3 | Scuola Normale SuperioreUniversity | 6,472 | #1,142 | |
| 4 | Istituto di Fisiologia ClinicaResearch facility | 5,167 | #6,117 | |
| 5 | Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "Alessandro Faedo"Research facility | 4,253 | #4,417 | |
| 6 | Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria PisanaHospital / health system | 2,997 | #4,571 | |
| 7 | Neuroscience InstituteResearch facility | 2,968 | #3,675 | |
| 8 | Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di PisaResearch facility | 2,918 | #3,538 | |
| 9 | Istituto NanoscienzeResearch facility | 1,582 | #3,116 | |
| 10 | Institute of Geosciences and Earth ResourcesResearch facility | 1,334 | #8,115 | |
| 11 | Institute of Informatics and TelematicsResearch facility | 1,307 | #11,974 | |
| 12 | Fondazione Toscana Gabriele MonasterioInstitution | 1,136 | #11,516 | |
| 13 | Ingegneria dei Sistemi (Italy)Company | 971 | #14,545 | |
| 14 | Ospedale CisanelloHospital / health system | 486 | #17,024 all time | |
| 15 | Institute for Computational Linguistics “A. Zampolli”Research facility | 371 | #26,872 | |
| 16 | Consorzio Pisa RicercheResearch facility | 264 | #15,797 all time | |
| 17 | National Enterprise for NanoScience and NanoTechnologyResearch facility | 196 | #10,507 all time | |
| 18 | Center for Nanotechnology InnovationResearch facility | 167 | #14,122 all time | |
| 19 | Fondazione PisaNonprofit | 135 | #23,324 all time | |
| 20 | Nextworks (Italy)Company | 85 | not ranked | |
| 21 | Baldacci (Italy)Company | 55 | not ranked | |
| 22 | Evidence (Italy)Company | 55 | not ranked | |
| 23 | Smartex (Italy)Company | 50 | not ranked | |
| 24 | Abiogen Pharma (Italy)University | 36 | not ranked | |
| 25 | Synthema (Italy)Company | 27 | not ranked | |
| 26 | Net7 (Italy)Company | 21 | not ranked | |
| 27 | AM Testing (Italy)Company | 10 | not ranked | |
| 28 | ERN ReCONNETHospital / health system | 4 | not ranked | |
| 29 | Enapter (Italy)Company | 2 | not ranked | |
| 30 | Consorzio Universitario In Ingegneria Della QualitaInstitution | 1 | not ranked | |
| 31 | CGS GroupInstitution | 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
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What is Pisa strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Pisa is most concentrated in General Arts and Humanities, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Hardware and Architecture (11.5× the world share in General Arts and Humanities).
- General Arts and HumanitiesSubfield · 40.7 works11×
- Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 242.6 works4.5×
- Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 81.6 works4.2×
- Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 99.7 works3.7×
- ClassicsSubfield · 36.1 works3.5×
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 Pisa?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Epidemiology, Inflammation, Treatment, Oxidative Stress, Climate Change and Neural Networks.
- High-Energy Collider
- Italy
- Particle Physics
- Entanglement
- Dark Matter
- Cardiovascular Risk
- Literature
- Chemotherapy
- Neurological Disorders
- Obesity
- Genetics
- Security
- Energy Efficiency
- Diagnosis
- Environmental Impact
- Globalization
- Neural Networks
- Oxidative Stress
- Climate Change
- Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
- Epidemiology
- Inflammation
- Sustainability
- Treatment
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Biomedical Applications
- Big Data
- Cultural Heritage
- Healthcare
- Heart Failure
- Immunotherapy
- Identity
- Echocardiography
- Genetic Mutations
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Distributed Systems
- 5G Networks
- Late Antiquity
- Higgs Boson
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
- Deep Learning727▲ 1.24×79 topics
- Machine Learning636◆ 1.14×89 topics
- Epidemiology606◆ 0.90×139 topics
- Climate Change382▼ 0.83×102 topics
- Inflammation381◆ 1.07×83 topics
- Oxidative Stress314◆ 1.12×60 topics
- Sustainability303▼ 0.73×98 topics
- Neural Networks298◆ 1.13×38 topics
- Treatment296▲ 1.43×51 topics
- Globalization261▼ 0.78×123 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease228▲ 1.20×39 topics
- Environmental Impact216▼ 0.74×59 topics
- Biomedical Applications211◆ 1.04×34 topics
- Diagnosis211▲ 1.33×41 topics
- Big Data192▲ 1.24×30 topics
- Energy Efficiency187▲ 1.17×34 topics
- Cultural Heritage187▲ 2.0×32 topics
- Security186▲ 1.67×25 topics
- Healthcare185◆ 0.96×37 topics
- Genetics178▲ 1.49×27 topics
- Heart Failure174▲ 2.4×14 topics
- Obesity172▲ 1.33×27 topics
- Immunotherapy167▲ 1.37×19 topics
- Neurological Disorders160▲ 1.65×19 topics
- Identity155▲ 1.25×55 topics
- Chemotherapy154▲ 1.29×25 topics
- Echocardiography153▲ 3.3×8 topics
- Literature134▲ 1.44×49 topics
- Genetic Mutations124▲ 1.68×23 topics
- Cardiovascular Risk124▲ 2.3×9 topics
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging100▲ 2.3×8 topics
- Dark Matter99▲ 5.0×4 topics
- Distributed Systems99▲ 3.5×6 topics
- Entanglement99▲ 3.9×4 topics
- 5G Networks96▲ 2.8×5 topics
- Particle Physics79▲ 6.2×2 topics
- Late Antiquity67▲ 7.4×3 topics
- Italy62▲ 14×2 topics
- Higgs Boson58▲ 6.6×1 topic
- High-Energy Collider58▲ 6.6×1 topic
What research is done in Pisa?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Cardiovascular Function and Risk FactorsCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 60 works
- 2 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studiesNuclear and High Energy Physics 58 works
- 3 IoT and Edge/Fog ComputingComputer Networks and Communications 55 works
- 4 Classical Antiquity StudiesAnthropology 48 works
- 5 Italian Fascism and Post-war SocietySociology and Political Science 48 works
- 6 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 45 works
- 7 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsBiomedical Engineering 44 works
- 8 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchOncology 43 works
- 9 Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)Artificial Intelligence 42 works
- 10 Geological and Geochemical AnalysisGeophysics 42 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.