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Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi

In research, Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,035 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Physics and Astronomy (Physics and Astronomy is 15.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,331
of 22,385 · #6,326 all time
Rank in Italy
#232
of 475
Research works
690
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
23.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.09×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
59%
world 40%
International
45%
world 18%
Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi

What is Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #6,035 of 10,670 13.9%74 #3261

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi 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 Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research at Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (34%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (10%), Computer Science (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 82 fractional works · 61.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 46 fractional works · 34.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 11 fractional works · 8.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 10 fractional works · 7.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 8 fractional works · 6.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 fractional works · 5.4% of its workRadiation: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAcoustics and Ultrasonics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 9.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 6.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 7.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 37 fractional works · 27.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 13 fractional works · 9.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 11 fractional works · 8.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 9.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness and International Management: 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: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.6% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCentro RicercheEnrico Fermi133fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences62%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences28%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy4634.5%
    2. Computer Science139.5%
    3. Engineering107.5%
    4. Materials Science32.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences32.4%
    6. Mathematics32.3%
    7. Environmental Science21.6%
    8. Chemistry21.3%
    9. Energy00.2%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance139.8%
    2. Social Sciences139.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities64.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting21.6%
    5. Psychology21.3%
    6. Decision Sciences21.1%
    1. Neuroscience43.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.5%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.9%
    1. Medicine64.5%
    2. Health Professions00.2%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Nursing00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physics and Astronomy takes 15.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Physics and AstronomyField · 45.8 works16×
← 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: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.97× its world share, 4 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.22× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.54× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.50× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.69× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.98× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 15.50× its world share, 46 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.57× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.59× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 15.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy15.50×46 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.59×13 works
  3. Mathematics1.98×3 works
  4. Neuroscience1.97×4 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.57×6 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.54×3 works
  7. Computer Science1.22×13 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.18×2 works
  9. Chemistry0.82×2 works
  10. Social Sciences0.75×13 works
  11. Materials Science0.69×3 works
  12. Engineering0.50×10 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.49×2 works
  14. Psychology0.42×2 works
  15. Environmental Science0.33×2 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.32×2 works
  17. Medicine0.23×6 works
  18. Dentistry0.21×0 works
  19. Energy0.18×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.16×1 works
  21. Nursing0.10×0 works
  22. Health Professions0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi?

Ranked on the quality score, A. Villatoro Tello, Angelica Sbardella and Matteo Bruno lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi.

  1. 1 A. Villatoro Tello Italy · #118,534 worldwide 4.2k citations · 66 works
  2. 2 Angelica Sbardella Italy · #387,460 worldwide 418 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Matteo Bruno Italy · #475,612 worldwide 286 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Fabrizio Coccetti Italy · #493,120 worldwide 10k citations · 142 works
  5. 5 L. Fabbietti Italy · #641,626 worldwide 1.2k citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Dario Mazzilli Italy · #935,097 worldwide 415 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Bernardo Caldarola Italy · #937,233 worldwide 186 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Giordano De Marzo Italy · #1,041,384 worldwide 303 citations · 68 works
  9. 9 Aurelio Patelli Italy · #1,564,483 worldwide 308 citations · 38 works
  10. 10 Giovanni Murtas Italy · #1,740,988 worldwide 778 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi

What are the most cited papers from Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi?

The most cited paper from Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi is "GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral" (B. P. Abbott et al., 2017), with 9,794 citations. Next come "GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs" (3,658) and "Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A" (3,599).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,124 authors 16 Oct 2017 9,794
2 GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review X Open access1,149 authors 4 Sep 2019 3,658
3 Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A B. P. Abbott et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters Open access1,154 authors 16 Oct 2017 3,599
4 Well-Tempered Metadynamics: A Smoothly Converging and Tunable Free-Energy Method Alessandro Barducci, Giovanni Bussi, Michele Parrinello · Physical Review Letters Open access 18 Jan 2008 3,391
5 GW170817: Measurements of Neutron Star Radii and Equation of State B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,150 authors 15 Oct 2018 2,512
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Network Dynamics, Social Influence, Agent-Based Modeling, Polarization, Dark Matter, Innovation, Industrial Policy and Development.

▲ 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 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. Network Dynamics8▲ 60×3 topics
  2. Social Influence8▲ 27×2 topics
  3. Innovation6▲ 4.7×6 topics
  4. Agent-Based Modeling6▲ 37×3 topics
  5. Machine Learning6▲ 1.39×20 topics
  6. Polarization6▲ 29×2 topics
  7. Cultural Heritage5▲ 7.1×8 topics
  8. Dark Matter5▲ 33×3 topics
  9. Industrial Policy5▲ 36×2 topics
  10. Social Media5▲ 2.8×13 topics
  11. Development5▲ 10×2 topics
  12. Economic Complexity5▲ 135×1 topic
  13. Product Space5▲ 135×1 topic
  14. Network Analysis4▲ 28×3 topics
  15. Particle Physics4▲ 42×2 topics
  16. Community Structure4▲ 34×1 topic
  17. Scale-Free Networks4▲ 66×1 topic
  18. Bounded Confidence4▲ 104×1 topic
  19. Opinion Dynamics4▲ 104×1 topic
  20. Entanglement3▲ 16×4 topics
  21. Higgs Boson3▲ 43×1 topic
  22. High-Energy Collider3▲ 43×1 topic
  23. Quantum Information3▲ 18×3 topics
  24. Tomography3▲ 12×4 topics
  25. Nonlinear Dynamics3▲ 8.9×3 topics
  26. Black Holes2▲ 20×3 topics
  27. Hyperspectral Imaging2▲ 6.9×3 topics
  28. Lattice QCD2▲ 32×2 topics
  29. Quantum Gravity2▲ 21×4 topics
  30. Cosmology2▲ 26×3 topics
  31. Neuromorphic Photonics2▲ 52×1 topic
  32. Photonic Reservoir Computing2▲ 52×1 topic
  33. Spectroscopy2▲ 10×8 topics
  34. Superconductivity2▲ 10.0×5 topics
  35. Supernovae2▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Complex Systems2▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Fake News2▲ 25×1 topic
  38. Misinformation2▲ 25×1 topic
  39. Raman Spectroscopy2▲ 8.7×5 topics
  40. Statistical Mechanics2▲ 45×2 topics

Which research topics does Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Economic and Technological Innovation, Complex Network Analysis Techniques, Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies.

Economic and Technological Innovation: 5 fractional worksComplex Network Analysis Techniques: 4 fractional worksOpinion Dynamics and Soc…4Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence: 4 fractional worksParticle physics theoret…3Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 3 fractional worksNeural Networks and Reservoir Computing: 2 fractional worksMisinformation and Its Impacts: 2 fractional worksComplex Systems and Time…2Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis: 2 fractional worksRadiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies: 2 fractional worksCultural Heritage Materials Analysis: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 2 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsStatistical and Nonlinear PhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsArtificial Intelligence4 others

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

  1. 1 Economic and Technological Innovation Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  2. 2 Complex Network Analysis Techniques Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 4 works
  3. 3 Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 4 works
  4. 4 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 3 works
  5. 5 Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  6. 6 Misinformation and Its Impacts Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  7. 7 Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  8. 8 Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Radiation 2 works
  9. 9 Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis Archeology 2 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 2 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 available58.8%not open41.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.4%domestic only54.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00048% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi0.00057% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi 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.

still counting10%20%Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi15.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.8% in 2009.

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