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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%

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 Pisa?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of PisaUniversity 59,922 #386
2Scuola Superiore Sant'AnnaUniversity 8,305 #2,352
3Scuola Normale SuperioreUniversity 6,472 #1,142
4Istituto di Fisiologia ClinicaResearch facility 5,167 #6,117
5Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "Alessandro Faedo"Research facility 4,253 #4,417
6Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria PisanaHospital / health system 2,997 #4,571
7Neuroscience InstituteResearch facility 2,968 #3,675
8Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di PisaResearch facility 2,918 #3,538
9Istituto NanoscienzeResearch facility 1,582 #3,116
10Institute of Geosciences and Earth ResourcesResearch facility 1,334 #8,115
11Institute of Informatics and TelematicsResearch facility 1,307 #11,974
12Fondazione Toscana Gabriele MonasterioInstitution 1,136 #11,516
13Ingegneria dei Sistemi (Italy)Company 971 #14,545
14Ospedale CisanelloHospital / health system 486 #17,024 all time
15Institute for Computational Linguistics “A. Zampolli”Research facility 371 #26,872
16Consorzio Pisa RicercheResearch facility 264 #15,797 all time
17National Enterprise for NanoScience and NanoTechnologyResearch facility 196 #10,507 all time
18Center for Nanotechnology InnovationResearch facility 167 #14,122 all time
19Fondazione PisaNonprofit 135 #23,324 all time
20Nextworks (Italy)Company 85 not ranked
21Baldacci (Italy)Company 55 not ranked
22Evidence (Italy)Company 55 not ranked
23Smartex (Italy)Company 50 not ranked
24Abiogen Pharma (Italy)University 36 not ranked
25Synthema (Italy)Company 27 not ranked
26Net7 (Italy)Company 21 not ranked
27AM Testing (Italy)Company 10 not ranked
28ERN ReCONNETHospital / health system 4 not ranked
29Enapter (Italy)Company 2 not ranked
30Consorzio Universitario In Ingegneria Della QualitaInstitution 1 not ranked
31CGS 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

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 Pisa: 59.2%Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna: 8.2%Scuola Normale Superiore: 6.4%Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica: 5.1%26 others listed: 21.2%59%largest
University of Pisa60k · 59.2%Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna8,305 · 8.2%Scuola Normale Superiore6,472 · 6.4%Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica5,167 · 5.1%26 others listed21k · 21.2%

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

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).

  1. General Arts and HumanitiesSubfield · 40.7 works11×
  2. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 242.6 works4.5×
  3. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 81.6 works4.2×
  4. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 99.7 works3.7×
  5. ClassicsSubfield · 36.1 works3.5×
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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 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.

▲ 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. Deep Learning727▲ 1.24×79 topics
  2. Machine Learning636◆ 1.14×89 topics
  3. Epidemiology606◆ 0.90×139 topics
  4. Climate Change382▼ 0.83×102 topics
  5. Inflammation381◆ 1.07×83 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress314◆ 1.12×60 topics
  7. Sustainability303▼ 0.73×98 topics
  8. Neural Networks298◆ 1.13×38 topics
  9. Treatment296▲ 1.43×51 topics
  10. Globalization261▼ 0.78×123 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease228▲ 1.20×39 topics
  12. Environmental Impact216▼ 0.74×59 topics
  13. Biomedical Applications211◆ 1.04×34 topics
  14. Diagnosis211▲ 1.33×41 topics
  15. Big Data192▲ 1.24×30 topics
  16. Energy Efficiency187▲ 1.17×34 topics
  17. Cultural Heritage187▲ 2.0×32 topics
  18. Security186▲ 1.67×25 topics
  19. Healthcare185◆ 0.96×37 topics
  20. Genetics178▲ 1.49×27 topics
  21. Heart Failure174▲ 2.4×14 topics
  22. Obesity172▲ 1.33×27 topics
  23. Immunotherapy167▲ 1.37×19 topics
  24. Neurological Disorders160▲ 1.65×19 topics
  25. Identity155▲ 1.25×55 topics
  26. Chemotherapy154▲ 1.29×25 topics
  27. Echocardiography153▲ 3.3×8 topics
  28. Literature134▲ 1.44×49 topics
  29. Genetic Mutations124▲ 1.68×23 topics
  30. Cardiovascular Risk124▲ 2.3×9 topics
  31. Magnetic Resonance Imaging100▲ 2.3×8 topics
  32. Dark Matter99▲ 5.0×4 topics
  33. Distributed Systems99▲ 3.5×6 topics
  34. Entanglement99▲ 3.9×4 topics
  35. 5G Networks96▲ 2.8×5 topics
  36. Particle Physics79▲ 6.2×2 topics
  37. Late Antiquity67▲ 7.4×3 topics
  38. Italy62▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Higgs Boson58▲ 6.6×1 topic
  40. High-Energy Collider58▲ 6.6×1 topic

What research is done in Pisa?

  1. 1 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 60 works
  2. 2 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 58 works
  3. 3 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 55 works
  4. 4 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 48 works
  5. 5 Italian Fascism and Post-war Society Sociology and Political Science 48 works
  6. 6 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 45 works
  7. 7 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 44 works
  8. 8 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 43 works
  9. 9 Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) Artificial Intelligence 42 works
  10. 10 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 42 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.