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Research in Trieste

Science Explorer records 29 research institutions in Trieste, Italy. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Trieste, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati and The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP).

Research institutions
29
12 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
60k
▲ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6M
26.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
21.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Trieste

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 Trieste?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of TriesteUniversity 24,749 #470
2Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi AvanzatiUniversity 7,425 #1,052
3The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)Research facility 7,066 #2,304
4Ospedale MaggioreHospital / health system 6,089 #4,682
5International Centre for Genetic Engineering and BiotechnologyNonprofit 3,291 #6,725
6IRCCS Materno Infantile Burlo GarofoloHospital / health system 2,684 #8,642
7Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A.Research facility 2,189 #4,894
8National Institute of Oceanography and Applied GeophysicsResearch facility 1,598 #7,448
9AREA Science ParkResearch facility 1,511 #11,301
10Ospedale di CattinaraHospital / health system 1,086 #11,678
11Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di TriesteHospital / health system 771 #9,367
12International Atomic Energy AgencyGovernment institution 362 #20,943 all time
13International School of TriesteUniversity 194 #24,861 all time
14Cluster in BiomedicineNonprofit 187 #23,698 all time
15Fondazione Italiana FegatoInstitution 168 #26,909 all time
16Institute for Fundamental Physics of the UniverseResearch facility 165 #20,489
17Consorzio Interuniversitario per le BiotecnologieUniversity 140 #28,939 all time
18Fincantieri (Italy)Company 136 #31,562 all time
19The World Academy of SciencesNonprofit 104 not ranked
20A.P.E. Research (Italy)Company 59 not ranked
21Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia GiuliaGovernment institution 58 not ranked
22InterAcademy PartnershipNonprofit 26 not ranked
23Eurospital (Italy)Company 18 not ranked
24Insiel (Italy)Company 12 not ranked
25Organization for Women in Science for the Developing WorldNonprofit 7 not ranked
26Conservatorio di Musica Giuseppe TartiniUniversity 4 not ranked
27T-Connect (Italy)Company 3 not ranked
28Central European InitiativeInstitution 1 not ranked
29Promoscience (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 Trieste: 41.2%Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati: 12.4%The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP): 11.8%Ospedale Maggiore: 10.1%25 others listed: 24.6%41%largest
University of Trieste25k · 41.2%Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati7,425 · 12.4%The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)7,066 · 11.8%Ospedale Maggiore6,089 · 10.1%25 others listed15k · 24.6%

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

Which fields of science does Trieste work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research in Trieste is in Physical Sciences, 27% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (25%), Physics and Astronomy (15%), Engineering (10%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 4,661 fractional works · 49.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1,392 fractional works · 14.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 374 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 355 fractional works · 3.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 278 fractional works · 3.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 175 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 98 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiation: 75 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInstrumentation: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 978 fractional works · 10.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 213 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 155 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 90 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 84 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 78 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 71 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 67 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 51 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 452 fractional works · 4.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 237 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 67 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 417 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeophysics: 162 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOceanography: 110 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 71 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 414 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 81 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 78 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 73 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 410 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 262 fractional works · 2.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 61 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 342 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMathematical Physics: 94 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeometry and Topology: 89 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Mathematics: 76 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 60 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 161 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 62 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 71 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 57 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 2,530 fractional works · 27.1% of its workMedicine: 2,321 fractional works · 24.9% of its workSurgery: 283 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 234 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 221 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEpidemiology: 170 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 105 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 102 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 97 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 91 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 81 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 77 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 75 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 70 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 63 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 60 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 59 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 52 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 126 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 120 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 51 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 52 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1,077 fractional works · 11.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 603 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 359 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGenetics: 100 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 70 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 217 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 101 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 147 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 90 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 63 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,066 fractional works · 11.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 422 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 145 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 69 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 132 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychology: 188 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 63 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 186 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 62 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 106 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 80 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 106 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTrieste9,334fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences50%Health Sciences27%Social Sciences11%

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. Physics and Astronomy1,39214.9%
    2. Engineering97810.5%
    3. Computer Science4524.8%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences4174.5%
    5. Environmental Science4144.4%
    6. Materials Science4104.4%
    7. Mathematics3423.7%
    8. Chemistry1611.7%
    9. Energy710.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering240.3%
  2. Health Sciences2,53027.1%
    1. Medicine2,32124.9%
    2. Health Professions1201.3%
    3. Dentistry520.6%
    4. Nursing320.3%
    5. Veterinary50.1%
  3. Life Sciences1,07711.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6036.5%
    2. Neuroscience2172.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1471.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology901.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics210.2%
  4. Social Sciences1,06611.4%
    1. Social Sciences4224.5%
    2. Psychology1882.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities1862.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1061.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting1061.1%
    6. Decision Sciences580.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Trieste strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Trieste is most concentrated in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics and Astronomy (9.9× the world share in Nuclear and High Energy Physics).

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 255.0 works9.9×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 316.0 works7.4×
  3. Physics and AstronomyField · 1,256.0 works6.9×
  4. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 90.4 works6.9×
  5. InstrumentationSubfield · 27.4 works6.7×
  6. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 83.4 works6.4×
← 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: 0.33× its world share, 128 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.20× its world share, 523 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.93× its world share, 77 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.34× its world share, 178 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.64× its world share, 18 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.69× its world share, 20 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.08× its world share, 139 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.62× its world share, 397 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.62× its world share, 336 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.83× its world share, 62 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.72× its world share, 878 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.86× its world share, 349 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.28× its world share, 366 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.12× its world share, 300 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 6.90× its world share, 1,256 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.18× its world share, 47 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 106 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.29× its world share, 2,034 worksMedicineNursing: 0.69× its world share, 28 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.71× its world share, 168 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.33× its world share, 87 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 49 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 96 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.64× its world share, 160 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 375 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 6.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy6.90×1,256 works
  2. Mathematics3.12×300 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.62×336 works
  4. Neuroscience1.34×178 works
  5. Medicine1.29×2,034 works
  6. Materials Science1.28×366 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.20×523 works
  8. Dentistry1.18×47 works
  9. Chemistry1.08×139 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.93×77 works
  11. Environmental Science0.86×349 works
  12. Energy0.83×62 works
  13. Engineering0.72×878 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.71×168 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.69×20 works
  16. Nursing0.69×28 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.64×18 works
  18. Psychology0.64×160 works
  19. Computer Science0.62×397 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.62×49 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.55×96 works
  22. Health Professions0.49×106 works
  23. Veterinary0.37×4 works
  24. Social Sciences0.36×375 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.33×128 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.33×87 works

Which keywords describe research in Trieste?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Black Holes, Entanglement, Epidemiology, Dark Matter, Quantum Gravity, Supernovae, Renormalization Group and Cosmology.

▲ 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. Epidemiology426◆ 1.15×132 topics
  2. Machine Learning309◆ 1.00×75 topics
  3. Climate Change277◆ 1.09×93 topics
  4. Inflammation197◆ 0.99×81 topics
  5. Black Holes174▲ 19×3 topics
  6. Treatment173▲ 1.52×51 topics
  7. Diagnosis151▲ 1.74×41 topics
  8. Entanglement149▲ 11×4 topics
  9. Dark Matter147▲ 14×4 topics
  10. Quantum Gravity116▲ 15×4 topics
  11. Supernovae112▲ 15×2 topics
  12. Renormalization Group109▲ 21×2 topics
  13. Genetic Mutations108▲ 2.6×23 topics
  14. Heart Failure106▲ 2.5×14 topics
  15. Cosmology103▲ 16×4 topics
  16. Tomography97▲ 5.9×5 topics
  17. Topological Order96▲ 22×2 topics
  18. General Relativity92▲ 15×2 topics
  19. Dark Energy88▲ 15×2 topics
  20. Cosmic Microwave Background86▲ 17×1 topic
  21. Cosmological Parameters86▲ 17×1 topic
  22. Dynamics86▲ 20×3 topics
  23. Echocardiography86▲ 3.3×8 topics
  24. String Theory84▲ 16×2 topics
  25. Quantum Entanglement84▲ 14×2 topics
  26. Star Formation82▲ 16×2 topics
  27. Field Theories81▲ 19×1 topic
  28. Holographic81▲ 19×1 topic
  29. Many-Body Localization80▲ 39×1 topic
  30. Quantum Thermalization80▲ 39×1 topic
  31. Quantum Information80▲ 7.3×3 topics
  32. Superconductivity79▲ 4.9×9 topics
  33. Particle Physics77▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Molecular Dynamics74▲ 4.5×6 topics
  35. Inverse Problems68▲ 6.5×4 topics
  36. Galaxies66▲ 24×1 topic
  37. Stellar Populations66▲ 24×1 topic
  38. Gravitational Waves58▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Galactic Center58▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Cosmic Rays56▲ 12×2 topics

What research is done in Trieste?

Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 82 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics: 76 fractional worksQuantum many-body systems73Quantum many-body systems: 73 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evo…56Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 56 fractional worksParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 44 fractional worksQuantum and electron transport phenomena: 37 fractional worksQuantum Information and …36Quantum Information and Cryptography: 36 fractional worksPhysics of Superconductivity and Magnetism: 31 fractional worksPulsars and Gravitational Waves Research: 30 fractional worksMaritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency: 29 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsArtificial Intelligence2 others

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

  1. 1 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 82 works
  2. 2 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 76 works
  3. 3 Quantum many-body systems Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 73 works
  4. 4 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 56 works
  5. 5 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 44 works
  6. 6 Quantum and electron transport phenomena Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 37 works
  7. 7 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 36 works
  8. 8 Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism Condensed Matter Physics 31 works
  9. 9 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 30 works
  10. 10 Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency Environmental Engineering 29 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 counting20%40%Trieste20.4% 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 31.2% in 2016.

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