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Alenia Aermacchi

In research, Alenia Aermacchi stands highest in Engineering (#2,881 of 9,532 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#5,929 of 17,446 worldwide) and Aerospace Engineering (#736 of 1,601 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Engineering (Engineering is 4.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,434
of 22,385 · #14,634 all time
Rank in Italy
#459
of 475
Research works
810
▲ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
8k
9.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
12%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Alenia Aermacchi

What is Alenia Aermacchi known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
EngineeringField #2,881 of 9,532 6.7%505
Physical SciencesDomain #5,929 of 17,446 6.3%760
Aerospace EngineeringSubfield #736 of 1,601 5.8%243

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Alenia Aermacchi sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Alenia Aermacchi work in?

In 2022-now, 89% of research at Alenia Aermacchi is in Physical Sciences, 6% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (60%), Computer Science (10%), Physics and Astronomy (8%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 61 fractional works · 89.2% of its workEngineering: 41 fractional works · 59.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 18 fractional works · 25.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 5.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 10.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 8.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 5.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMetals and Alloys: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAlenia Aermacchi68fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences89%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences6%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering4159.8%
    2. Computer Science710.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy68.2%
    4. Materials Science34.0%
    5. Environmental Science23.2%
    6. Mathematics11.6%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.2%
    8. Energy00.5%
    9. Chemistry00.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting12.1%
    2. Psychology11.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.0%
    4. Decision Sciences10.9%
    5. Social Sciences10.7%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    1. Medicine22.3%
    2. Nursing00.2%
    3. Health Professions00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Alenia Aermacchi specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Engineering takes 4.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EngineeringField · 40.9 works4.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.31× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.99× its world share, 41 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.15× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.38× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.70× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.99×41 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy3.70×6 works
  3. Mathematics1.38×1 works
  4. Computer Science1.31×7 works
  5. Materials Science1.15×3 works
  6. Decision Sciences0.89×1 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.75×1 works
  8. Environmental Science0.65×2 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.65×1 works
  10. Energy0.57×0 works
  11. Veterinary0.51×0 works
  12. Nursing0.50×0 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.47×1 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.46×0 works
  15. Psychology0.35×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×1 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.16×1 works
  18. Chemistry0.16×0 works
  19. Medicine0.12×2 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.08×0 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.07×0 works
  22. Social Sciences0.06×0 works
  23. Health Professions0.05×0 works
  24. Neuroscience0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Alenia Aermacchi?

Ranked on the quality score, Vittorio Selmin, Daniele Francesconi and Francesco Acerra lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Alenia Aermacchi.

  1. 1 Vittorio Selmin Italy · #2,354,021 worldwide 551 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Daniele Francesconi Italy · #2,949,703 worldwide 195 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Francesco Acerra Italy · #3,032,674 worldwide 292 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 M. Saponara Italy · #3,141,850 worldwide 728 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Marcello Spagnulo Italy · #3,211,852 worldwide 18 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 Francesco Caltagirone Italy · #3,278,019 worldwide 1k citations · 49 works
  7. 7 Giovanni Cavaccini Italy · #3,341,518 worldwide 300 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Sergio Mottini Italy · #3,390,181 worldwide 532 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Michele Iannone Italy · #3,491,943 worldwide 253 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Lorenzo Simone Italy · #3,616,049 worldwide 424 citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at Alenia Aermacchi

What are the most cited papers from Alenia Aermacchi?

The most cited paper from Alenia Aermacchi is "GMES Sentinel-1 mission" (Ramón Torres et al., 2012), with 2,233 citations. Next come "The lakes of Titan" (590) and "Habitability on Early Mars and the Search for Biosignatures with the ExoMars Rover" (500).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 GMES Sentinel-1 mission Ramón Torres et al. · Remote Sensing of Environment 18 Feb 2012 2,233
2 The lakes of Titan ELLEN R. STOFAN et al. · Nature 2007 590
3 Habitability on Early Mars and the Search for Biosignatures with the ExoMars Rover Jorge L. Vago et al. · Astrobiology Open access Jul 2017 500
4 JEM–X: The X-ray monitor aboard INTEGRAL N. Lund et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access 28 Oct 2003 466
5 The Ultraviolet Coronagraph Spectrometer for the solar and heliospheric observatory J. L. Kohl et al. · Solar Physics Open access Dec 1995 439
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Alenia Aermacchi?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heat Transfer, Large-Eddy Simulation, Thermal Analysis, CubeSat, small satellite, Optimal Control, Trajectory Optimization and Orbit Determination.

▲ 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 institution's work against its share of the world's. The 33 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 33 words, with their numbers
  1. Heat Transfer4▲ 12×9 topics
  2. Large-Eddy Simulation3▲ 26×5 topics
  3. Thermal Analysis3▲ 33×2 topics
  4. CubeSat3▲ 218×1 topic
  5. small satellite3▲ 218×1 topic
  6. Deep Learning3◆ 1.08×15 topics
  7. Optimal Control2▲ 46×3 topics
  8. Trajectory Optimization2▲ 55×2 topics
  9. Orbit Determination2▲ 73×2 topics
  10. Solar Sail2▲ 198×1 topic
  11. Spacecraft Formation Flying2▲ 198×1 topic
  12. Mechanical Properties2▲ 3.2×11 topics
  13. Machine Learning2▼ 0.86×11 topics
  14. Optimization2▲ 6.5×6 topics
  15. Boundary Layer2▲ 21×3 topics
  16. Neural Networks2▲ 1.70×8 topics
  17. On-Orbit Servicing2▲ 112×1 topic
  18. Space Debris2▲ 112×1 topic
  19. Film Cooling2▲ 149×1 topic
  20. Microstructure2▲ 4.5×8 topics
  21. Turbine2▲ 149×1 topic
  22. LEO Satellite Constellation2▲ 77×1 topic
  23. Satellite Communications2▲ 77×1 topic
  24. Environmental Effects1▲ 18×2 topics
  25. Sensor Networks1▲ 7.8×2 topics
  26. Additive Manufacturing1▲ 5.7×5 topics
  27. Environmental Impact1◆ 0.99×8 topics
  28. Vibration-based Damage Identification1▲ 27×1 topic
  29. Wireless Sensors1▲ 27×1 topic
  30. Turbulent Flows1▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Channel Modeling1▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Fracture Mechanics1▲ 23×2 topics
  33. Sustainability1▼ 0.61×5 topics

Which research topics does Alenia Aermacchi publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Spacecraft Design and Technology, Spacecraft Dynamics and Control, Space Satellite Systems and Control and Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization.

Spacecraft Design and Technology: 3 fractional worksSpacecraft Dynamics and Control: 2 fractional worksSpace Satellite Systems …2Space Satellite Systems and Control: 2 fractional worksTurbomachinery Performan…2Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization: 2 fractional worksSatellite Communication Systems: 2 fractional worksStructural Health Monitoring Techniques: 1 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Scie…1Astro and Planetary Science: 1 fractional worksAntenna Design and Optimization: 1 fractional worksInertial Sensor and Navigation: 1 fractional worksAntenna Design and Analysis: 1 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringCivil and Structural EngineeringAstronomy and Astrophysics

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

  1. 1 Spacecraft Design and Technology Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  2. 2 Spacecraft Dynamics and Control Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Space Satellite Systems and Control Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Satellite Communication Systems Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Structural Health Monitoring Techniques Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  8. 8 Antenna Design and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Inertial Sensor and Navigation Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available12.2%not open87.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.4%domestic only71.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Alenia Aermacchi's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Alenia Aermacchi as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00027% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Alenia Aermacchi0.00025% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Alenia Aermacchi over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2015Alenia Aermacchi7.0% in 201520002010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.3% in 2005.

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