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Research in Rome

Science Explorer records 352 research institutions in Rome, Italy. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Sapienza University of Rome, Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico and National Research Council.

Research institutions
352
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
440k
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
21.2%
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 Rome?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Sapienza University of RomeUniversity 112,066 #121
2University of Rome Tor VergataUniversity 37,061 #494
3Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere ScientificoHospital / health system 29,532 #353
4National Research CouncilNonprofit 21,678 #383
5Roma Tre UniversityUniversity 16,043 #1,160
6Istituto Superiore di SanitàGovernment institution 13,556 #2,430
7National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic DevelopmentGovernment institution 12,568 #2,380
8Agostino Gemelli University PolyclinicHospital / health system 8,058 #1,013
9Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e VulcanologiaResearch facility 7,246 #3,168
10Istituto Nazionale di Fisica NucleareGovernment institution 7,084 #2,828
11Università Campus Bio-MedicoUniversity 6,499 #2,243
12Bambino Gesù Children's HospitalHospital / health system 6,286 #2,995
13Policlinico Umberto IHospital / health system 5,545 #3,558
14San Raffaele University of RomeUniversity 5,414 #4,686
15Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agrariaGovernment institution 4,462 #12,342
16National Institute for AstrophysicsFunder 3,988 #4,963
17Bank of ItalyFunder 3,610 #3,198
18Fondazione Santa LuciaHospital / health system 3,531 #4,967
19Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma IResearch facility 3,463 #3,653
20Eni (Italy)Company 3,383 #6,294
21Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido CarliUniversity 3,325 #3,504
22Organizzazione per la Tutela Forestale, Ambientale e AgroalimentareGovernment institution 2,817 #18,951 all time
23Alleanza Contro il CancroNonprofit 2,770 #3,901 all time
24Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsGovernment institution 2,607 #4,149
25Azienda Ospedaliera Sant'AndreaHospital / health system 2,397 #8,345
26Fatebenefratelli HospitalHospital / health system 2,254 #11,027
27Innovation Engineering (Italy)Company 2,069 #4,528
28Institute of Structure of MatterResearch facility 2,007 #6,164
29Istituto di Farmacologia TraslazionaleResearch facility 1,936 #10,582
30Istituto di Sessuologia ClinicaNonprofit 1,901 #11,889 all time
31Marconi UniversityUniversity 1,889 #8,298
32Enel (Italy)Company 1,852 #17,054
33Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive Lazzaro SpallanzaniHospital / health system 1,784 #5,295
34Policlinico Tor VergataHospital / health system 1,746 #5,792
35Istituto Nazionale di StatisticaResearch facility 1,571 #12,348
36Deutsches Historisches Institut RomGovernment institution 1,491 #20,695
37European University of RomeUniversity 1,477 #14,025
38National Interuniversity Consortium for the Physical Sciences of MatterNonprofit 1,467 #3,091 all time
39Engineering (Italy)Company 1,463 #12,012
40Libera Università Maria SS. AssuntaUniversity 1,446 #5,736
41Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo Mauro PiconeResearch facility 1,388 #11,188
42Fondazione "Ugo Bordoni"Research facility 1,374 #5,528 all time
43Institute for Complex SystemsResearch facility 1,365 #5,422
44Università degli Studi Internazionali di RomaUniversity 1,325 #10,562
45Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca AmbientaleGovernment institution 1,322 #9,291
46Istituto Nazionale per l'Assicurazione Contro gli Infortuni sul LavoroResearch facility 1,316 #8,571
47Istituto di Analisi dei Sistemi ed Informatica Antonio RubertiResearch facility 1,315 #17,893
48Foro Italico University of RomeUniversity 1,303 #8,683
49Astronomical Observatory of RomeResearch facility 1,278 #6,803
50Istituto PasteurNonprofit 1,197 #5,988
51Ingegneria dei Trasporti (Italy)Company 1,186 #9,539
52University Niccolò CusanoUniversity 1,175 #4,898
53Institute of Cognitive Sciences and TechnologiesResearch facility 1,159 #7,669
54Ospedale San Filippo NeriHospital / health system 1,131 #14,761
55Agenzia Spaziale ItalianaGovernment institution 1,123 #5,469
56Istituto Dermopatico dell'ImmacolataHospital / health system 1,105 #12,968
57San Gallicano HospitalHospital / health system 1,103 #11,351
58Carlo Forlanini HospitalHospital / health system 1,101 #9,644
59Pontifical Gregorian UniversityUniversity 1,052 #18,696
60Institute of Molecular Biology and PathologyResearch facility 1,050 #10,362

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.

Sapienza University of Rome: 29.8%University of Rome Tor Vergata: 9.9%Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico: 7.9%National Research Council: 5.8%56 others listed: 46.7%30%largest
Sapienza University of Rome112k · 29.8%University of Rome Tor Vergata37k · 9.9%Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico30k · 7.9%National Research Council22k · 5.8%56 others listed175k · 46.7%

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

What is Rome strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Rome is most concentrated in Industrial relations, General Arts and Humanities and Space and Planetary Science (16.3× the world share in Industrial relations).

  1. Industrial relationsSubfield · 41.9 works16×
  2. General Arts and HumanitiesSubfield · 170.5 works9.8×
  3. Space and Planetary ScienceSubfield · 86.6 works5.2×
  4. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 732.9 works2.8×
  5. ArcheologySubfield · 681.2 works2.7×
  6. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 1,138.6 works2.6×
  7. GeophysicsSubfield · 741.5 works2.5×
  8. Theoretical Computer ScienceSubfield · 35.9 works2.5×
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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 Rome?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Climate Change, Cultural Heritage, Quality of Life, Treatment, Diagnosis and Sustainability.

▲ 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. Epidemiology4,480▲ 1.36×140 topics
  2. Climate Change2,407◆ 1.07×126 topics
  3. Inflammation2,230▲ 1.28×83 topics
  4. Machine Learning1,965▼ 0.72×92 topics
  5. Sustainability1,832◆ 0.90×137 topics
  6. Quality of Life1,757▲ 1.46×60 topics
  7. Deep Learning1,751▼ 0.61×84 topics
  8. Treatment1,596▲ 1.58×52 topics
  9. Globalization1,542◆ 0.94×177 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress1,487◆ 1.09×63 topics
  11. Mental Health1,440▲ 1.18×48 topics
  12. Cancer1,310▲ 1.17×59 topics
  13. Cultural Heritage1,262▲ 2.8×39 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease1,258▲ 1.36×39 topics
  15. Public Health1,240◆ 1.02×75 topics
  16. Diagnosis1,238▲ 1.60×41 topics
  17. Environmental Impact1,170▼ 0.82×71 topics
  18. Remote Sensing1,138◆ 1.10×42 topics
  19. Chemotherapy1,101▲ 1.88×25 topics
  20. Risk Factors1,050◆ 1.14×37 topics
  21. Immunotherapy1,042▲ 1.75×19 topics
  22. Clinical Trials915▲ 1.64×19 topics
  23. Neurological Disorders901▲ 1.90×20 topics
  24. Metabolic Syndrome898▲ 1.32×24 topics
  25. Management893▲ 1.36×39 topics
  26. Clinical Practice Guidelines877▲ 1.93×14 topics
  27. Genetics874▲ 1.50×27 topics
  28. Biomarkers854▲ 1.50×18 topics
  29. Genetic Mutations848▲ 2.4×23 topics
  30. Economic Growth830▲ 1.17×36 topics
  31. Obesity798▲ 1.26×29 topics
  32. Prognostic Factors780▲ 2.1×14 topics
  33. Complications722▲ 1.73×17 topics
  34. Guidelines699▲ 1.80×13 topics
  35. Religion687▲ 1.74×42 topics
  36. Well-being657▲ 2.0×14 topics
  37. Heart Failure652▲ 1.81×14 topics
  38. Monetary Policy575▲ 2.8×13 topics
  39. SARS-CoV-2564▲ 2.1×6 topics
  40. Italy303▲ 14×2 topics

What research is done in Rome?

  1. 1 Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction Social Psychology 269 works
  2. 2 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 217 works
  3. 3 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 211 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 203 works
  5. 5 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage Geology 191 works
  6. 6 Italian Fascism and Post-war Society Sociology and Political Science 189 works
  7. 7 Educational and Social Studies Education 187 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 165 works
  9. 9 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 165 works
  10. 10 Italian Literature and Culture General Arts and Humanities 164 works

Research output over time

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