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Research in Sesto Fiorentino

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Sesto Fiorentino, Italy. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Interuniversity Consortium for Magnetic Resonance and Consorzio Interuniversitario per lo Sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase.

Research institutions
4
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
6k
▲ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
154k
25.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1953-2026
74 years on the record
Sesto Fiorentino

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 Sesto Fiorentino?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Interuniversity Consortium for Magnetic ResonanceUniversity 433 #13,350
2Consorzio Interuniversitario per lo Sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande InterfaseResearch facility 386 #18,932
3Eli Lilly (Italy)Company 116 not ranked
4Giotto Biotech (Italy)Company 42 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.

Interuniversity Consortium for Magnetic Resonance: 44.3%Consorzio Interuniversitario per lo Sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase: 39.5%Eli Lilly (Italy): 11.9%Giotto Biotech (Italy): 4.3%44%largest
Interuniversity Consortium for Magnetic Resonance433 · 44.3%Consorzio Interuniversitario per lo Sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase386 · 39.5%Eli Lilly (Italy)116 · 11.9%Giotto Biotech (Italy)42 · 4.3%

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

Which fields of science does Sesto Fiorentino work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research in Sesto Fiorentino is in Physical Sciences, 14% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (17%), Physics and Astronomy (16%), Materials Science (10%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 816 fractional works · 69.7% of its workEngineering: 204 fractional works · 17.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 70 fractional works · 6.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 53 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 27 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 21 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 191 fractional works · 16.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 74 fractional works · 6.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 46 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 37 fractional works · 3.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 14 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiation: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 114 fractional works · 9.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 66 fractional works · 5.6% of its workBiomaterials: 20 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 112 fractional works · 9.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 47 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 20 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrochemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 55 fractional works · 4.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 22 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 54 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPollution: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 31 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeophysics: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 28 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 28 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 17 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCatalysis: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBioengineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematical Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 159 fractional works · 13.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 104 fractional works · 8.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 75 fractional works · 6.4% of its workBiophysics: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 33 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPlant Science: 14 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 99 fractional works · 8.5% of its workMedicine: 88 fractional works · 7.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 16 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 95 fractional works · 8.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 35 fractional works · 3.0% of its workArcheology: 17 fractional works · 1.4% of its workConservation: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 30 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 21 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAccounting: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSesto Fiorentino1,169fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences70%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences8%

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. Engineering20417.5%
    2. Physics and Astronomy19116.3%
    3. Materials Science1149.7%
    4. Chemistry1129.6%
    5. Computer Science554.7%
    6. Environmental Science544.6%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences312.6%
    8. Energy282.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering171.5%
    10. Mathematics90.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1048.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences332.8%
    3. Neuroscience131.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology50.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.4%
    1. Medicine887.5%
    2. Health Professions60.5%
    3. Nursing40.3%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Arts and Humanities353.0%
    2. Social Sciences302.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting211.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance40.3%
    5. Decision Sciences30.2%
    6. Psychology20.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Sesto Fiorentino strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Sesto Fiorentino is most concentrated in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Physics and Astronomy (21.0× the world share in Nuclear and High Energy Physics).

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 68.5 works21×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 176.3 works7.7×
← 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: 0.56× its world share, 28 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.66× its world share, 92 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.48× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.64× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.11× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.76× its world share, 14 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 6.05× its world share, 98 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.63× its world share, 51 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.62× its world share, 26 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.63× its world share, 25 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.19× its world share, 184 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.91× its world share, 47 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.64× its world share, 95 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.64× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 7.66× its world share, 176 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 74 worksMedicineNursing: 0.67× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.03× its world share, 31 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.62× its world share, 21 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 28 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 7.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy7.66×176 works
  2. Chemistry6.05×98 works
  3. Chemical Engineering3.76×14 works
  4. Materials Science2.64×95 works
  5. Energy2.63×25 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.66×92 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.62×26 works
  8. Engineering1.19×184 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.11×4 works
  10. Arts and Humanities1.03×31 works
  11. Environmental Science0.91×47 works
  12. Nursing0.67×3 works
  13. Neuroscience0.64×11 works
  14. Mathematics0.64×8 works
  15. Computer Science0.63×51 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.62×21 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.56×28 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.48×5 works
  19. Medicine0.37×74 works
  20. Health Professions0.22×6 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.22×2 works
  22. Social Sciences0.21×28 works
  23. Veterinary0.19×0 works
  24. Dentistry0.15×1 works
  25. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.15×3 works
  26. Psychology0.07×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Sesto Fiorentino?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biomedical Applications, Catalysis, Dark Matter, Nanoparticles, Particle Physics, Cultural Heritage, Biosensors and Raman Spectroscopy.

▲ 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. Biomedical Applications55▲ 4.0×31 topics
  2. Nanoparticles43▲ 2.9×34 topics
  3. Catalysis38▲ 4.9×27 topics
  4. Cultural Heritage32▲ 5.1×16 topics
  5. Nanomaterials31▲ 2.5×16 topics
  6. Biosensors29▲ 5.0×12 topics
  7. Dark Matter28▲ 21×4 topics
  8. Particle Physics26▲ 31×2 topics
  9. Drug Delivery22▲ 3.4×15 topics
  10. Nanocomposites22▲ 2.4×20 topics
  11. Hyperspectral Imaging21▲ 6.8×6 topics
  12. Raman Spectroscopy21▲ 9.3×6 topics
  13. Lattice QCD20▲ 29×2 topics
  14. Metal-Organic Frameworks19▲ 4.0×6 topics
  15. Self-Assembly18▲ 4.9×12 topics
  16. Synthesis18▲ 4.0×28 topics
  17. Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy17▲ 24×2 topics
  18. Water Splitting17▲ 3.9×4 topics
  19. Ionic Liquids17▲ 5.1×10 topics
  20. Magnetic Resonance Imaging17▲ 5.6×6 topics
  21. Higgs Boson16▲ 27×1 topic
  22. High-Energy Collider16▲ 27×1 topic
  23. Electrocatalysis16▲ 4.7×5 topics
  24. Molecular Dynamics16▲ 7.7×5 topics
  25. NMR Spectroscopy15▲ 15×4 topics
  26. Catalysts15▲ 6.2×3 topics
  27. CO2 Capture14▲ 7.8×5 topics
  28. Hydrogen Bonding14▲ 14×5 topics
  29. Hydrogenation14▲ 7.2×5 topics
  30. Spectroscopy14▲ 7.2×11 topics
  31. Cosmic Rays14▲ 24×2 topics
  32. Neutrinos14▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Renormalization Group13▲ 20×2 topics
  34. Cosmology13▲ 16×4 topics
  35. Synchrotron Radiation13▲ 22×3 topics
  36. Entanglement12▲ 7.0×4 topics
  37. Photon Counting12▲ 15×3 topics
  38. Archaeological Science12▲ 49×1 topic
  39. X-Ray Fluorescence12▲ 49×1 topic
  40. Galactic Center12▲ 22×2 topics

What research is done in Sesto Fiorentino?

Particle physics theoret…15Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 15 fractional worksCultural Heritage Materi…11Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis: 11 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 10 fractional worksDark Matter and Cosmic P…10Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena: 10 fractional worksParticle Detector Develo…9Particle Detector Development and Performance: 9 fractional worksHigh-Energy Particle Collisions Research: 9 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 8 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Ene…8Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 8 fractional worksAdvanced NMR Techniques and Applications: 7 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 7 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsArcheologyAstronomy and AstrophysicsRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment2 others

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

  1. 1 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 15 works
  2. 2 Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis Archeology 11 works
  3. 3 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 10 works
  4. 4 Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 10 works
  5. 5 Particle Detector Development and Performance Nuclear and High Energy Physics 9 works
  6. 6 High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 9 works
  7. 7 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 8 works
  8. 8 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 8 works
  9. 9 Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications Spectroscopy 7 works
  10. 10 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 7 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 counting20%40%60%Sesto Fiorentino18.3% 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 40.8% in 1996.

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