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Research in Venice

Science Explorer records 33 research institutions in Venice, Italy. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Istituto di Scienze Marine del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche and Università Iuav di Venezia.

Research institutions
33
9 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
26k
▲ 65% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
15.6%
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 Venice?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Ca' Foscari University of VeniceUniversity 14,702 #1,232
2Università Iuav di VeneziaUniversity 2,739 #8,297
3Istituto di Scienze Marine del Consiglio Nazionale delle RicercheResearch facility 1,808 #5,286
4IRCCS San Camillo HospitalHospital / health system 1,693 #11,706
5Ospedale Civile di VeneziaHospital / health system 1,214 #22,494
6Regione del VenetoGovernment institution 802 #14,280
7Venice International UniversityUniversity 602 #12,773
8Ospedale dell' AngeloHospital / health system 425 #16,002
9Consorzio Venezia RicercheNonprofit 380 #17,669 all time
10Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale La Chimica Per L'AmbienteUniversity 228 #19,462 all time
11European Centre for Living TechnologyResearch facility 194 #12,613
12Veneto Eye Bank FoundationNonprofit 177 #38,197 all time
13Venezia Tecnologie (Italy)Company 105 not ranked
14National Library of St MarkArchive 93 not ranked
15Giorgio Cini FoundationInstitution 78 not ranked
16ThetisCompany 49 not ranked
17Global Campus of Human RightsUniversity 48 not ranked
18Center for Cultural Heritage TechnologyResearch facility 40 not ranked
19Consortium for Coordination of Research activities Concerning the Venice Lagoon SystemInstitution 33 not ranked
20Invent (Italy)Company 21 not ranked
21Accademia di Belle Arti di VeneziaUniversity 21 not ranked
22Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello di VeneziaUniversity 19 not ranked
23Archivio di Stato di VeneziaArchive 19 not ranked
24International Academy of Environmental SciencesResearch facility 13 not ranked
25Azienda del Consorzio Trasporti Veneziano (Italy)Company 12 not ranked
26Veritas (Italy)Company 11 not ranked
27Autorità di bacino dei fiumi Isonzo, Tagliamento, Livenza, Piave, Brenta-BacchiglioneGovernment institution 8 not ranked
28Veneto Innovazione (Italy)Company 2 not ranked
29Marsilio Editori (Italy)Company 2 not ranked
30European Association of Environmental and Resource EconomistsInstitution 2 not ranked
31Ospedale San Raffaele ArcangeloHospital / health system 2 not ranked
32Fondazione Querini StampaliaInstitution 1 not ranked
33Gruppi di Ricerca Economica Teorica ed ApplicataInstitution 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.

Ca' Foscari University of Venice: 57.6%Università Iuav di Venezia: 10.7%Istituto di Scienze Marine del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche: 7.1%IRCCS San Camillo Hospital: 6.6%28 others listed: 18.0%58%largest
Ca' Foscari University of Venice15k · 57.6%Università Iuav di Venezia2,739 · 10.7%Istituto di Scienze Marine del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche1,808 · 7.1%IRCCS San Camillo Hospital1,693 · 6.6%28 others listed4,601 · 18.0%

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

What is Venice strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Venice is most concentrated in General Arts and Humanities, Classics and Anthropology (59.9× the world share in General Arts and Humanities).

  1. General Arts and HumanitiesSubfield · 85.0 works60×
  2. ClassicsSubfield · 103.0 works25×
  3. AnthropologySubfield · 312.2 works16×
  4. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 135.1 works13×
  5. ArcheologySubfield · 251.0 works12×
  6. HistorySubfield · 250.4 works11×
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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 Venice?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Literature, Identity, History, Gender, Late Antiquity, Religion and Demography.

▲ 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. Climate Change375▲ 2.0×91 topics
  2. Cultural Heritage364▲ 9.7×36 topics
  3. Literature347▲ 9.4×53 topics
  4. Globalization338▲ 2.5×123 topics
  5. Identity336▲ 6.8×66 topics
  6. History303▲ 6.3×58 topics
  7. Gender269▲ 7.2×51 topics
  8. Innovation268▲ 3.7×51 topics
  9. Late Antiquity250▲ 69×3 topics
  10. Religion237▲ 7.3×40 topics
  11. Sustainability224▲ 1.34×95 topics
  12. Demography221▲ 69×3 topics
  13. Ancient Rome218▲ 96×1 topic
  14. Greek Literature218▲ 96×1 topic
  15. Philosophy216▲ 7.2×39 topics
  16. Colonialism210▲ 6.5×46 topics
  17. Culture200▲ 5.5×35 topics
  18. Nationalism174▲ 5.5×32 topics
  19. Cultural Studies171▲ 6.6×32 topics
  20. Society139▲ 10×23 topics
  21. Pragmatics134▲ 12×6 topics
  22. Urban Development126▲ 5.0×16 topics
  23. Memory124▲ 7.5×22 topics
  24. Ethics122▲ 3.7×50 topics
  25. Archaeology120▲ 13×10 topics
  26. Urban Planning114▲ 20×10 topics
  27. Narrative113▲ 10×12 topics
  28. Cultural Exchange112▲ 13×12 topics
  29. Language Teaching111▲ 6.4×6 topics
  30. Aristotle103▲ 58×2 topics
  31. Cultural History100▲ 12×17 topics
  32. Metaphysics98▲ 33×5 topics
  33. Medicine91▲ 16×8 topics
  34. Alchemy86▲ 35×3 topics
  35. Renaissance86▲ 49×3 topics
  36. Media and Communication85▲ 53×2 topics
  37. Cultural Transmission85▲ 16×5 topics
  38. Prosody85▲ 33×2 topics
  39. Emotional Intelligence84▲ 8.8×3 topics
  40. Portuguese84▲ 33×2 topics

What research is done in Venice?

  1. 1 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 218 works
  2. 2 Italian Literature and Culture General Arts and Humanities 82 works
  3. 3 Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition Artificial Intelligence 79 works
  4. 4 Classical Philosophy and Thought Philosophy 68 works
  5. 5 Educational and Social Studies Education 64 works
  6. 6 Italian Fascism and Post-war Society Sociology and Political Science 64 works
  7. 7 Renaissance and Early Modern Studies History 62 works
  8. 8 Diverse academic and cultural studies Economics and Econometrics 60 works
  9. 9 Historical and Environmental Studies Sociology and Political Science 58 works
  10. 10 Linguistics and language evolution Language and Linguistics 45 works

Research output over time

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