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ALTA (Italy)

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World rank, all time
#27,433
of 34,923
Rank in Italy
#628
of 743
Research works
151
▼ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.5k
16.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
ALTA (Italy)

Which fields of science does ALTA (Italy) work in?

In all years, 73% of research at ALTA (Italy) is in Physical Sciences, 13% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (49%), Medicine (12%), Physics and Astronomy (7%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 109 fractional works · 72.6% of its workEngineering: 74 fractional works · 49.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 25 fractional works · 16.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 18 fractional works · 11.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 11 fractional works · 7.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 5.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 11 fractional works · 7.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 8 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 20 fractional works · 13.3% of its workMedicine: 18 fractional works · 11.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 7.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 6.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKALTA (Italy)151fractional works, all years
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences73%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering7449.2%
    2. Physics and Astronomy117.3%
    3. Materials Science53.2%
    4. Environmental Science53.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences42.8%
    6. Mathematics42.8%
    7. Computer Science42.6%
    8. Chemistry10.7%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.6%
    10. Energy00.3%
    1. Medicine1811.8%
    2. Health Professions21.1%
    3. Veterinary10.4%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology64.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology21.0%
    4. Neuroscience00.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Arts and Humanities32.3%
    2. Social Sciences32.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.1%
    4. Psychology10.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 1.25× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.86× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.33× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.40× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 1.06× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.01× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.44× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.30× its world share, 5 worksMedicineVeterinary: 11.02× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.24× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.68× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 11.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary11.02×0 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.40×0 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.86×3 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.68×1 works
  5. Health Professions1.44×1 works
  6. Neuroscience1.33×0 works
  7. Medicine1.30×5 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.25×1 works
  9. Arts and Humanities1.24×1 works
  10. Computer Science1.06×2 works
  11. Engineering1.01×3 works
  12. Energy0.98×0 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.90×0 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.83×0 works
  15. Mathematics0.76×0 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.62×0 works
  17. Environmental Science0.51×0 works
  18. Psychology0.41×0 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.33×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.26×0 works
  21. Social Sciences0.25×1 works

Who are the top researchers at ALTA (Italy)?

Ranked on the quality score, Luca Romeo, Andrea Passaro and Cosmo Casaregola lead among researchers whose main affiliation is ALTA (Italy).

  1. 1 Luca Romeo Italy · #3,727,147 worldwide 283 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Andrea Passaro Italy · #3,927,023 worldwide 507 citations · 61 works
  3. 3 Cosmo Casaregola Italy · #3,978,341 worldwide 85 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Pierpaolo Pergola Italy · #5,596,038 worldwide 239 citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Lucio Torre Italy · #5,930,769 worldwide 811 citations · 79 works
  6. 6 Leonardo Biagioni Italy · #6,188,172 worldwide 309 citations · 56 works
All ranked researchers at ALTA (Italy)

What are the most cited papers from ALTA (Italy)?

The most cited paper from ALTA (Italy) is "Building components for an outpost on the Lunar soil by means of a novel 3D printing technology" (Giovanni Cesaretti, Enrico Dini, Xavier De Kestelier et al., 2013), with 811 citations. Next come "The Maoxian landslide as seen from space: detecting precursors of failure with Sentinel-1 data" (426) and "Continuous, semi-automatic monitoring of ground deformation using Sentinel-1 satellites" (289).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Building components for an outpost on the Lunar soil by means of a novel 3D printing technology Giovanni Cesaretti, Enrico Dini, Xavier De Kestelier et al. · Acta Astronautica 7 Aug 2013 811
2 The Maoxian landslide as seen from space: detecting precursors of failure with Sentinel-1 data Emanuele Intrieri, Federico Raspini, Alfio Fumagalli et al. · Landslides Open access 9 Nov 2017 426
3 Continuous, semi-automatic monitoring of ground deformation using Sentinel-1 satellites Federico Raspini, Silvia Bianchini, Andrea Ciampalini et al. · Scientific Reports Open access 2 May 2018 289
4 The interleukin-1 receptor family Diana Boraschi, Aldo Tagliabue · Seminars in Immunology 16 Nov 2013 241
5 Perspectives on the prediction of catastrophic slope failures from satellite InSAR Tommaso Carlà, Emanuele Intrieri, Federico Raspini et al. · Scientific Reports Open access Oct 2019 218
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Which keywords describe research at ALTA (Italy)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Plasma Etching, Semiconductor Industry, Combustion Instabilities, Hybrid Rocket Propulsion, Regression Rate Behavior, Vortex Dynamics, Numerical Simulation and Fluid-Structure Interaction.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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 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. Plasma Etching9▲ 125×1 topic
  2. Semiconductor Industry9▲ 125×1 topic
  3. Combustion Instabilities8▲ 66×2 topics
  4. Hybrid Rocket Propulsion7▲ 170×1 topic
  5. Regression Rate Behavior7▲ 170×1 topic
  6. Vortex Dynamics7▲ 27×2 topics
  7. Biomedical Applications6▲ 3.8×5 topics
  8. Fluid-Structure Interaction6▲ 22×4 topics
  9. Numerical Simulation6▲ 12×5 topics
  10. Simulation5▲ 10×3 topics
  11. Turbulent Flow5▲ 27×3 topics
  12. Cavitation5▲ 131×2 topics
  13. Cavitation Prediction5▲ 230×1 topic
  14. Hydropower5▲ 156×1 topic
  15. Drug Delivery5▲ 6.7×4 topics
  16. Control4▲ 21×1 topic
  17. Hydraulic Systems4▲ 49×1 topic
  18. Modeling4▲ 11×2 topics
  19. Electrohydrodynamic Jet Printing4▲ 85×1 topic
  20. Nanoparticle Encapsulation4▲ 56×1 topic
  21. Remote Sensing4▲ 2.6×8 topics
  22. Ionic Liquids4▲ 8.1×3 topics
  23. Thermal Decomposition4▲ 38×2 topics
  24. Energetic Salts4▲ 88×1 topic
  25. Heat Transfer4▲ 4.7×9 topics
  26. ReaxFF4▲ 88×1 topic
  27. Solar System Abundances3▲ 26×1 topic
  28. Terrestrial Planets3▲ 26×1 topic
  29. Solar Wind3▲ 15×2 topics
  30. Thermal Management3▲ 7.0×4 topics
  31. Thermodynamic Modeling3▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Cryogenic Storage3▲ 51×1 topic
  33. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)3▲ 51×1 topic
  34. Large-Eddy Simulation3▲ 7.3×5 topics
  35. Prenatal Diagnosis3▲ 10.0×4 topics
  36. Adaptive Mesh Refinement2▲ 18×2 topics
  37. High-Order Schemes2▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Separation Control2▲ 53×2 topics
  39. Ceria2▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Numerical Methods2▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does ALTA (Italy) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics, Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units, COVID-19 and healthcare impacts and Genomics and Rare Diseases.

Prenatal Screening and D…1Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksFamily and Patient Care …0Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare …0COVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 0 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases0Genomics and Rare Diseases: 0 fractional worksBiomedical Text Mining and Ontologies: 0 fractional worksSeismology and Earthquake Studies: 0 fractional worksDietary Effects on Health0Dietary Effects on Health: 0 fractional worksCircadian rhythm and melatonin: 0 fractional worksConnective tissue disorders research: 0 fractional worksSouth Asian Cinema and C…0South Asian Cinema and Culture: 0 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthRadiological and Ultrasound TechnologyOncologyGenetics5 others

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

  1. 1 Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  2. 2 Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 0 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 0 works
  4. 4 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 0 works
  5. 5 Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies Molecular Biology 0 works
  6. 6 Seismology and Earthquake Studies Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  7. 7 Dietary Effects on Health Physiology 0 works
  8. 8 Circadian rhythm and melatonin Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 0 works
  9. 9 Connective tissue disorders research Genetics 0 works
  10. 10 South Asian Cinema and Culture Visual Arts and Performing Arts 0 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 available28.7%not open71.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.2%domestic only74.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has ALTA (Italy)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is ALTA (Italy) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00011% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%ALTA (Italy)0.000062% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of ALTA (Italy) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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