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Azienda USL di Bologna

In research, Azienda USL di Bologna stands highest in Medicine (#393 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#547 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#308 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hepatology, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine — Hepatology is 11.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,405
of 28,054 · #5,511 all time
Rank in Italy
#71
of 618
Research works
2.4k
▲ 569% vs 2013–17
Citations
29k
12.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is Azienda USL di Bologna known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #393 of 10,443 24.4%1,039 #1226
Health SciencesDomain #547 of 11,982 24.4%1,081 #1511
SurgerySubfield #308 of 1,816 24.2%157 #1224
Life SciencesDomain #1,657 of 7,800 25.6%195 #3844
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #320 of 1,144 22.0%120 #864
EpidemiologySubfield #399 of 976 25.6%84 #1495
OncologySubfield #358 of 772 25.7%88 #732
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,739 of 3,579 24.1%137 #4563

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Azienda USL di Bologna 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#1,226 #393
  2. Health Sciences#1,511 #547
  3. Surgery#1,224 #308
  4. Life Sciences#3,844 #1,657
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#864 #320
  6. Epidemiology#1,495 #399
  7. Oncology#732 #358
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#4,563 #1,739
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Azienda USL di Bologna specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hepatology takes 11.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HepatologySubfield · 30.4 works12×
  2. Obstetrics and GynecologySubfield · 28.1 works7.2×
  3. Reproductive MedicineSubfield · 20.2 works6.6×
  4. OncologySubfield · 88.3 works5.7×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.88× its world share, 137 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.53× its world share, 35 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.92× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 27 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.91× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 29 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.95× its world share, 1,039 worksMedicineNursing: 0.87× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Azienda USL di Bologna?

Ranked on the composite score, Alessandro Rizzo, Angela Dalia Ricci and Francesco Massari lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Azienda USL di Bologna.

  1. 1 Alessandro Rizzo · #212,270 worldwide 142 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Angela Dalia Ricci · #320,469 worldwide 76 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Francesco Massari · #443,689 worldwide 240 citations · 103 works
  4. 4 Lidia Strigari · #468,071 worldwide 121 citations · 90 works
  5. 5 Andrea Farolfi · #476,350 worldwide 128 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Veronica Mollica · #491,229 worldwide 96 citations · 38 works
  7. 7 Gennaro Gadaleta‐Caldarola · #701,680 worldwide 46 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Antonella Piazza · #836,162 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Alessandro Di Federico · #893,088 worldwide 78 citations · 80 works
  10. 10 Gabriele Egidy Assenza · #931,752 worldwide 40 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Azienda USL di Bologna

Which keywords describe research at Azienda USL di Bologna?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Treatment, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Prognostic Factors and Management.

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology179▲ 3.3×121 topics
  2. Diagnosis76▲ 6.0×38 topics
  3. Treatment73▲ 4.4×44 topics
  4. Chemotherapy66▲ 6.9×24 topics
  5. Immunotherapy66▲ 6.8×19 topics
  6. Inflammation59▲ 2.1×78 topics
  7. Clinical Practice Guidelines54▲ 7.2×14 topics
  8. Management53▲ 4.9×29 topics
  9. Prognostic Factors50▲ 8.3×14 topics
  10. Clinical Trials44▲ 4.8×19 topics
  11. Genetic Mutations44▲ 7.4×23 topics
  12. Cancer41▲ 2.2×45 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome39▲ 3.5×23 topics
  14. Quality of Life39▲ 1.98×44 topics
  15. Surgical Management39▲ 6.9×20 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease38▲ 2.5×35 topics
  17. Biomarkers37▲ 3.9×16 topics
  18. Tumor Microenvironment35▲ 5.8×8 topics
  19. Hepatocellular Carcinoma31▲ 11×3 topics
  20. Metastasis31▲ 6.6×12 topics
  21. Echocardiography30▲ 7.9×8 topics
  22. Survival Analysis29▲ 7.8×6 topics
  23. Heart Failure28▲ 4.7×13 topics
  24. Guidelines27▲ 4.2×12 topics
  25. Radiotherapy26▲ 5.0×13 topics
  26. Antibiotic Resistance25▲ 4.8×11 topics
  27. Complications25▲ 3.6×17 topics
  28. Targeted Therapy24▲ 8.1×5 topics
  29. Prognosis24▲ 5.4×9 topics
  30. Antimicrobial Resistance24▲ 8.7×8 topics
  31. Neoadjuvant Therapy23▲ 7.2×5 topics
  32. Clinical Guidelines22▲ 5.6×8 topics
  33. Radiofrequency Ablation22▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Survival21▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Radiation Therapy19▲ 11×6 topics
  36. Robotic Surgery19▲ 9.8×5 topics
  37. Prostate Cancer18▲ 10×6 topics
  38. Immunosuppressive Therapy18▲ 7.0×8 topics
  39. Molecular Characterization18▲ 7.3×6 topics
  40. Genetic Variants18▲ 7.4×7 topics

Which research topics does Azienda USL di Bologna publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment and Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy.

Hepatocellular Carcinoma…16Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 16 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…14Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 14 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …13Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 13 fractional worksAntibiotics Pharmacokine…13Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy: 13 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 12 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 10 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…10Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 10 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 8 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 8 fractional worksEndometrial and Cervical…8Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments: 8 fractional works
HepatologyOncologyEpidemiologyPharmacology4 others

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

  1. 1 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and PrognosisHepatology 16 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersOncology 14 works
  3. 3 Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentEpidemiology 13 works
  4. 4 Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and EfficacyPharmacology 13 works
  5. 5 Antibiotic Resistance in BacteriaMolecular Medicine 12 works
  6. 6 Liver Disease and TransplantationHepatology 10 works
  7. 7 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchOncology 10 works
  8. 8 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 8 works
  9. 9 Aortic Disease and Treatment ApproachesPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  10. 10 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer TreatmentsObstetrics and Gynecology 8 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 available61.5%not open38.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.4%domestic only80.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Azienda USL di Bologna's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 569% 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.

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