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Research in Siena

Science Explorer records 16 research institutions in Siena, Italy. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Siena, University for Foreigners of Siena and Toscana Life Sciences.

Research institutions
16
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
30k
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
667k
22.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
20.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Siena

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 Siena?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of SienaUniversity 27,537 #961
2Ospedale Santa Maria alle ScotteHospital / health system 590 #19,841
3University for Foreigners of SienaUniversity 478 #11,979
4Polo d’Innovazione di GenomicaResearch facility 452 #14,703
5Toscana Life SciencesNonprofit 388 #12,591
6ALTA (Italy)Company 151 #27,433 all time
7Siena Biotech (Italy)Company 138 #34,240 all time
8VisMederi ResearchResearch facility 69 not ranked
9Philogen (Italy)Company 43 not ranked
10Wave Up (Italy)Company 35 not ranked
11Fondazione Monte dei Paschi di SienaNonprofit 22 not ranked
12Toscana Biomarkers (Italy)Company 19 not ranked
13Network Italiano Per la Bioterapia Dei TumoriResearch facility 14 not ranked
14Siena School for Liberal ArtsUniversity 7 not ranked
15Associazione Italiana RettInstitution 3 not ranked
16VisMederi (Italy)Company 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.

University of Siena: 92.0%Ospedale Santa Maria alle Scotte: 2.0%University for Foreigners of Siena: 1.6%Polo d’Innovazione di Genomica: 1.5%12 others listed: 3.0%92%largest
University of Siena28k · 92.0%Ospedale Santa Maria alle Scotte590 · 2.0%University for Foreigners of Siena478 · 1.6%Polo d’Innovazione di Genomica452 · 1.5%12 others listed890 · 3.0%

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

Which fields of science does Siena work in?

In 2022-now, 35% of research in Siena is in Health Sciences, 25% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (31%), Social Sciences (10%), Engineering (7%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 1,880 fractional works · 35.3% of its workMedicine: 1,674 fractional works · 31.5% of its workSurgery: 206 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 156 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEpidemiology: 126 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 126 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOncology: 103 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 85 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 68 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 67 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 66 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRheumatology: 64 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 61 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 52 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 43 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 41 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 40 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 32 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 67 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 96 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 36 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 80 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOral Surgery: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthodontics: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,354 fractional works · 25.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 544 fractional works · 10.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 203 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 93 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEducation: 64 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnthropology: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCommunication: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 355 fractional works · 6.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 69 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 53 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 51 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 47 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 32 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClassics: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 156 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 61 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 38 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 149 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 113 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 111 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial relations: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 40 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,277 fractional works · 24.0% of its workEngineering: 378 fractional works · 7.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 84 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 84 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 65 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 329 fractional works · 6.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 144 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 62 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 41 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 228 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEcology: 58 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 99 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeophysics: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 63 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 62 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 56 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 44 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 808 fractional works · 15.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 371 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 207 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGenetics: 64 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 184 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPlant Science: 57 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 46 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 123 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 49 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 113 fractional works · 2.1% of its workImmunology: 76 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMicrobiology: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKSiena5,320fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences35%Social Sciences25%

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. Health Sciences1,88035.3%
    1. Medicine1,67431.5%
    2. Health Professions961.8%
    3. Dentistry801.5%
    4. Nursing200.4%
    5. Veterinary90.2%
  2. Social Sciences1,35425.5%
    1. Social Sciences54410.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities3556.7%
    3. Psychology1562.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1492.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting1112.1%
    6. Decision Sciences400.7%
    1. Engineering3787.1%
    2. Computer Science3296.2%
    3. Environmental Science2284.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences991.9%
    5. Materials Science631.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy621.2%
    7. Chemistry561.1%
    8. Mathematics440.8%
    9. Energy120.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering70.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3717.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1843.5%
    3. Neuroscience1232.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology1132.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics170.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Siena strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Siena is most concentrated in General Arts and Humanities, Orthodontics and Microbiology (31.8× the world share in General Arts and Humanities).

  1. General Arts and HumanitiesSubfield · 31.2 works32×
  2. OrthodonticsSubfield · 23.4 works4.4×
  3. MicrobiologySubfield · 20.9 works4.2×
← 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: 0.70× its world share, 157 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.30× its world share, 327 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.09× its world share, 99 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.36× its world share, 104 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.83× its world share, 14 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.67× its world share, 50 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.82× its world share, 302 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 86 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.27× its world share, 12 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.49× its world share, 346 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.84× its world share, 198 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 58 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.69× its world share, 39 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.53× its world share, 56 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.00× its world share, 69 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.69× its world share, 85 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.64× its world share, 1,491 worksMedicineNursing: 0.72× its world share, 17 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.38× its world share, 9 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.36× its world share, 322 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.64× its world share, 98 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 34 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.35× its world share, 136 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.92× its world share, 133 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 478 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry3.00×69 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.36×322 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.09×99 works
  4. Medicine1.64×1,491 works
  5. Veterinary1.38×9 works
  6. Neuroscience1.36×104 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.35×136 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.30×327 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.17×86 works
  10. Psychology0.92×133 works
  11. Environmental Science0.84×198 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.83×14 works
  13. Computer Science0.82×302 works
  14. Social Sciences0.80×478 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.75×34 works
  16. Nursing0.72×17 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.70×157 works
  18. Mathematics0.69×39 works
  19. Health Professions0.69×85 works
  20. Chemistry0.67×50 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.64×98 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.53×56 works
  23. Engineering0.49×346 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.36×6 works
  25. Materials Science0.35×58 works
  26. Energy0.27×12 works

Which keywords describe research in Siena?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Pragmatics, Identity, Inflammation, Treatment, Globalization, Diagnosis and Literature.

▲ 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. Epidemiology349▲ 1.65×132 topics
  2. Inflammation160▲ 1.41×82 topics
  3. Climate Change154◆ 1.07×90 topics
  4. Deep Learning147▼ 0.80×66 topics
  5. Globalization144▲ 1.38×92 topics
  6. Treatment128▲ 1.98×52 topics
  7. Identity111▲ 2.9×52 topics
  8. Quality of Life108▲ 1.41×55 topics
  9. Diagnosis105▲ 2.1×41 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress104▲ 1.19×61 topics
  11. Innovation85▲ 1.55×40 topics
  12. Literature85▲ 2.9×43 topics
  13. Cultural Heritage78▲ 2.7×26 topics
  14. Gender76▲ 2.7×36 topics
  15. Religion76▲ 3.1×30 topics
  16. Management73▲ 1.72×33 topics
  17. Pathogenesis72▲ 2.6×24 topics
  18. Vaccine72▲ 3.4×11 topics
  19. Nationalism71▲ 3.0×26 topics
  20. Heart Failure70▲ 2.9×14 topics
  21. Pragmatics69▲ 8.3×6 topics
  22. Immunity68▲ 3.1×11 topics
  23. Language Teaching66▲ 4.6×6 topics
  24. Colonialism62▲ 2.5×33 topics
  25. Genetic Mutations60▲ 2.6×23 topics
  26. Cultural Studies59▲ 3.0×24 topics
  27. SARS-CoV-258▲ 3.6×6 topics
  28. Prosody52▲ 26×2 topics
  29. Memory51▲ 4.0×15 topics
  30. Echocardiography50▲ 3.4×8 topics
  31. Portuguese49▲ 26×2 topics
  32. Corpora49▲ 76×1 topic
  33. Spoken Language49▲ 76×1 topic
  34. Autoantibodies47▲ 3.8×8 topics
  35. Italy46▲ 35×2 topics
  36. Immunosuppressive Therapy46▲ 4.5×8 topics
  37. Propaganda44▲ 16×5 topics
  38. Fascism41▲ 39×1 topic
  39. Totalitarianism41▲ 31×1 topic
  40. Urban Planning38▲ 8.3×10 topics

What research is done in Siena?

Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition: 46 fractional worksItalian Fascism and Post-war Society: 40 fractional worksItalian Literature and C…30Italian Literature and Culture: 30 fractional worksEducational and Social S…27Educational and Social Studies: 27 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 24 fractional worksAdvanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies: 21 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseas…21Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 21 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Studies: 19 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 17 fractional worksDiverse academic and cultural studies: 17 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceSociology and Political ScienceGeneral Arts and HumanitiesEducation6 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition Artificial Intelligence 46 works
  2. 2 Italian Fascism and Post-war Society Sociology and Political Science 40 works
  3. 3 Italian Literature and Culture General Arts and Humanities 30 works
  4. 4 Educational and Social Studies Education 27 works
  5. 5 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 24 works
  6. 6 Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies Aerospace Engineering 21 works
  7. 7 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 21 works
  8. 8 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 19 works
  9. 9 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 17 works
  10. 10 Diverse academic and cultural studies Economics and Econometrics 17 works

Research output over time

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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%Siena19.5% 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 27.7% in 2016.

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