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Science in Vatican City

Open access
53%
world 63%

Which keywords describe research in Vatican City?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Religion, Innovation, Philosophy, Culture, Society, Late Antiquity and Cultural Transmission.

▲ 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 country'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. History12▲ 13×15 topics
  2. Religion10▲ 17×13 topics
  3. Innovation10▲ 7.3×11 topics
  4. Education8▲ 3.5×18 topics
  5. Culture7▲ 11×7 topics
  6. Philosophy7▲ 13×6 topics
  7. Society7▲ 29×5 topics
  8. Late Antiquity7▲ 105×3 topics
  9. Cultural Transmission7▲ 69×3 topics
  10. Science7▲ 22×5 topics
  11. Literature7▲ 9.8×9 topics
  12. Identity6▲ 7.0×13 topics
  13. Urban Development6▲ 14×5 topics
  14. Medicine6▲ 52×2 topics
  15. Church History5▲ 98×2 topics
  16. Technology5▲ 8.0×6 topics
  17. Middle Ages5▲ 184×2 topics
  18. Gender5▲ 7.6×8 topics
  19. Ceremonial5▲ 194×1 topic
  20. Rome5▲ 322×1 topic
  21. Cultural Heritage4▲ 6.3×11 topics
  22. Ethics4▲ 7.0×9 topics
  23. Colonialism4▲ 6.9×4 topics
  24. Intellectual History4▲ 116×3 topics
  25. Book History4▲ 362×1 topic
  26. Publishing Industry4▲ 362×1 topic
  27. Migration4▲ 8.5×6 topics
  28. Cultural Exchange3▲ 20×5 topics
  29. Nationalism3▲ 5.8×5 topics
  30. Religious Identity3▲ 40×2 topics
  31. Biography3▲ 118×1 topic
  32. Observations3▲ 125×1 topic
  33. Philosophy of Science3▲ 70×2 topics
  34. Medieval3▲ 58×3 topics
  35. Theology3▲ 22×3 topics
  36. Censorship3▲ 65×2 topics
  37. European Union3▲ 9.0×3 topics
  38. Environmental History2▲ 176×1 topic
  39. International Relations2▲ 8.3×5 topics
  40. Knowledge Production2▲ 79×1 topic

Which universities in Vatican City lead research?

Vatican Secret Archives rank highest in Vatican City on research quality in 2022–2025.

  1. 1Vatican Secret ArchivesArchive · Vatican City · #20,915 worldwide12.2% top 10% · 102 works

The track on each row is its top-10% rate; the tick is the world’s rate in this record, 16.5% — teal above it, red below.

All ranked institutions in Vatican City

Who are the top researchers in Vatican City?

Vicente Cárcel Ortí, András Németh and Gianluigi Colalucci rank highest among researchers based in Vatican City.

  1. 1 Vicente Cárcel Ortí · #247,376 worldwide 0 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 András Németh · #470,598 worldwide 15 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Gianluigi Colalucci · #668,855 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 G. J. Consolmagno · #721,712 worldwide 127 citations · 67 works
  5. 5 Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo · #785,368 worldwide 7 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 M. F. McCarthy · #1,288,805 worldwide 14 citations · 29 works
Top researchers in Vatican City

How open and international is Vatican City's research?

53% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 40% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available52.8%not open47.2%

World: 63% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.4%domestic only59.6%

World: 22% is written across borders.

How has Vatican City's research grown?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.