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Imperial College London vs Sapienza University of Rome

On research quality in 2022-now, Imperial College London ranks #31 in the world and Sapienza University of Rome #32, of 28,054 institutions. Imperial College London stands higher in 7 of the 15 fields both publish in, Sapienza University of Rome in 8.

Research profiles alike: 0.11somewhat alike shapes of research, whatever their size. How it is measured

Imperial College London

United Kingdom · London

World rank, 2022-now
#31
#24 all time
Works, 2022-now
18k
fractional
Top-10% rate
24.6%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
40%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Computational Mechanics, Computational Mathematics.

Sapienza University of Rome

Italy · Rome

World rank, 2022-now
#32
#200 all time
Works, 2022-now
23k
fractional
Top-10% rate
19.1%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
38%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Industrial relations, General Arts and Humanities, Space and Planetary Science.

Who leads in each field?

Imperial College London stands higher in 7 of 15 fields, Sapienza University of Rome in 8. Each bar is that side's standing among all institutions ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Imperial College London 78 Sapienza University of Rome
  1. -Agricultural and Biological Sciences#59
  2. #47Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#140
  3. -Business, Management and Accounting#25
  4. #70Computer Science#140
  5. -Decision Sciences#7
  6. #81Economics, Econometrics and Finance#5
  7. #39Engineering#202
  8. #131Environmental Science#126
  9. #21Health Professions#16
  10. #54Mathematics-
  11. #19Medicine#30
  12. #28Neuroscience#32
  13. #67Physics and Astronomy-
  14. -Psychology#3
  15. -Social Sciences#78

Standing is the percentile of world rank within each field, 2022-now; the printed number is the rank itself. A dash means the field is too small there to rank. How sides are compared.

Where does each put its research?

Not who is better, but what each side chooses to work on. A country or institution that puts twice the world's share of its research into a field sits at 2×, whatever its size.

  1. Materials Science1.1× 0.5×
  2. Immunology and Microbiology1.5× 0.7×
  3. Energy1.3× 0.6×
  4. Chemical Engineering1.7× 0.9×
  5. Chemistry1.0× 0.6×
  6. Engineering1.5× 0.9×
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.2× 0.8×
  8. Physics and Astronomy2.0× 1.5×
  9. Veterinary0.4× 0.3×
  10. Computer Science1.1× 0.8×
  11. Medicine1.3× 1.0×
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.7× 0.6×
  13. Nursing0.7× 0.6×
  14. Neuroscience1.5× 1.4×
  15. Environmental Science1.0× 0.9×
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.2× 1.3×
  17. Mathematics1.6× 1.9×
  18. Decision Sciences1.2× 1.4×
  19. Health Professions0.9× 1.2×
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.3× 0.4×
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.8× 1.6×
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.3× 0.7×
  23. Psychology0.7× 2.1×
  24. Social Sciences0.2× 1.0×
  25. Dentistry0.2× 1.2×
  26. Arts and Humanities0.1× 1.8×
Imperial College LondonSapienza University of Rome

Location quotient in 2022-now: the share of each side's research in the field over the world's share. 1× is the world's balance; the axis runs from a quarter of it to four times. Fields where Imperial College London leans further are at the top, Sapienza University of Rome's at the bottom. How research profiles are compared.

How has their output grown?

5k10kImperial College London4,638 in 2025Sapienza University of Rome4,595 in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works per year. The latest, partial year is left off.

Which publishes more research, Imperial College London or Sapienza University of Rome?

Sapienza University of Rome publishes 1.2× as much research as Imperial College London in 2022-now (23k against 18k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Imperial College London or Sapienza University of Rome?

24.6% of Imperial College London's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 19.1% for Sapienza University of Rome.

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