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Consorzio Catania Ricerche

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World rank, all time
#29,766
of 34,923
Rank in Italy
#671
of 743
Research works
124
▲ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.9k
15.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Consorzio Catania Ricerche

Which fields of science does Consorzio Catania Ricerche work in?

In all years, 66% of research at Consorzio Catania Ricerche is in Physical Sciences, 13% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (30%), Materials Science (13%), Medicine (10%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 82 fractional works · 66.2% of its workEngineering: 38 fractional works · 30.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 22 fractional works · 17.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 5.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 16 fractional works · 12.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCeramics and Composites: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 9 fractional works · 7.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 6.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 13.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 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 workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 13 fractional works · 10.8% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 10.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 9.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKConsorzio CataniaRicerche124fractional works, all years
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences66%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences10%

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. Engineering3830.3%
    2. Materials Science1612.9%
    3. Physics and Astronomy97.6%
    4. Computer Science86.5%
    5. Environmental Science43.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences32.3%
    7. Chemistry21.6%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.9%
    9. Energy10.8%
    10. Mathematics00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology86.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences75.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.7%
    4. Neuroscience10.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    1. Medicine1210.0%
    2. Health Professions00.3%
    3. Dentistry00.2%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    1. Arts and Humanities43.4%
    2. Social Sciences32.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting21.4%
    4. Decision Sciences11.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.7%
    6. Psychology00.3%
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: 1.88× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.00× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.59× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.93× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.41× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.09× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.73× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.79× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.70× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 3.56× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.22× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.93×0 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.56×2 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.41×1 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology2.59×0 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.00×2 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.88×2 works
  7. Dentistry1.79×0 works
  8. Materials Science1.73×1 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.22×0 works
  10. Engineering1.09×3 works
  11. Environmental Science0.81×1 works
  12. Energy0.71×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.70×0 works
  14. Medicine0.70×3 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.62×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.52×1 works
  17. Social Sciences0.48×1 works
  18. Chemistry0.40×0 works
  19. Psychology0.34×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.33×0 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.30×0 works
  22. Health Professions0.19×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Consorzio Catania Ricerche?

The most cited paper from Consorzio Catania Ricerche is "Room-temperature electroluminescence from Er-doped crystalline Si" (G. Franzò, Francesco Priolo, S. Coffa et al., 1994), with 345 citations. Next come "Big Data Analytics for Earth Sciences: the EarthServer approach" (223) and "Polylactide (PLA) Filaments a Biobased Solution for Additive Manufacturing: Correlating Rheology and Thermomechanical Properties with Printing Quality" (168).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Room-temperature electroluminescence from Er-doped crystalline Si G. Franzò, Francesco Priolo, S. Coffa et al. · Applied Physics Letters 25 Apr 1994 345
2 Big Data Analytics for Earth Sciences: the EarthServer approach Peter Baumann et al. · International Journal of Digital Earth Open access 3 Jan 2015 223
3 Polylactide (PLA) Filaments a Biobased Solution for Additive Manufacturing: Correlating Rheology and Thermomechanical Properties with Printing Quality Gianluca Cicala, Davide Giordano, Claudio Tosto et al. · Materials Open access 11 Jul 2018 168
4 Amyloid growth and membrane damage: Current themes and emerging perspectives from theory and experiments on Aβ and hIAPP Michele F. M. Sciacca, Carmelo Tempra, Federica Scollo et al. · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes Open access Mar 2018 136
5 A Reduced Number of Metabotropic Glutamate Subtype 5 Receptors Are Associated with Constitutive Homer Proteins in a Mouse Model of Fragile X Syndrome Raffaella Giuffrida, Sebastiano Antonino Musumeci, Simona D’Antoni et al. · Journal of Neuroscience Open access 28 Sep 2005 135
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Which keywords describe research at Consorzio Catania Ricerche?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Solar Cells, Nanoparticles, Nanoelectronics, Silicon, Efficiency, Passivation, Atomic Layer Deposition and High-k Dielectrics.

▲ 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. Solar Cells9▲ 22×4 topics
  2. Nanoparticles6▲ 3.9×16 topics
  3. Nanoelectronics4▲ 23×2 topics
  4. Silicon4▲ 46×2 topics
  5. Nanocomposites4▲ 4.4×11 topics
  6. Atomic Layer Deposition4▲ 25×1 topic
  7. Efficiency4▲ 13×1 topic
  8. High-k Dielectrics4▲ 25×1 topic
  9. Passivation4▲ 82×1 topic
  10. Biomedical Applications4▲ 3.0×11 topics
  11. Cultural Heritage4▲ 7.2×8 topics
  12. Electrical Properties4▲ 18×3 topics
  13. Dielectric Properties4▲ 19×2 topics
  14. Integrated Circuits3▲ 12×2 topics
  15. Failure Analysis3▲ 20×1 topic
  16. Photon Emission Microscopy3▲ 52×1 topic
  17. Drug Delivery3▲ 5.4×6 topics
  18. Metal-Semiconductor Contacts3▲ 45×1 topic
  19. Schottky Barrier3▲ 45×1 topic
  20. Mechanical Properties3▲ 2.4×11 topics
  21. Nanostructures3▲ 4.5×3 topics
  22. Surface Engineering3▲ 18×2 topics
  23. Molecular Imaging2▲ 14×3 topics
  24. Optical Properties2▲ 17×2 topics
  25. Thin Films2▲ 7.3×6 topics
  26. Bioimaging2▲ 8.0×2 topics
  27. Nanoscale Patterning2▲ 29×2 topics
  28. Workflow Management2▲ 19×2 topics
  29. Ion Beam2▲ 38×1 topic
  30. Surface Analysis2▲ 38×1 topic
  31. Electromigration2▲ 30×2 topics
  32. High-Temperature Electronics2▲ 22×2 topics
  33. Luminescent2▲ 51×1 topic
  34. Porous Silicon2▲ 51×1 topic
  35. Distributed Systems2▲ 6.3×4 topics
  36. Flexible Electronics2▲ 10×3 topics
  37. High-Performance Computing2▲ 9.3×2 topics
  38. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy2▲ 10×2 topics
  39. Organic Electronics2▲ 7.8×2 topics
  40. Biosensor Applications2▲ 9.8×2 topics

Which research topics does Consorzio Catania Ricerche publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Historical and Environmental Studies, Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History, Bone Tissue Engineering Materials and Marine and coastal plant biology.

Historical and Environme…1Historical and Environmental Studies: 1 fractional worksAncient Mediterranean Ar…1Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History: 1 fractional worksBone Tissue Engineering …1Bone Tissue Engineering Materials: 1 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant…0Marine and coastal plant biology: 0 fractional worksBiodiesel Production and Applications: 0 fractional worksUbiquitin and proteasome pathways: 0 fractional worksToxin Mechanisms and Imm…0Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins: 0 fractional worksDiverse academic and cultural studies: 0 fractional worksDigital Humanities and Scholarship: 0 fractional worksMedieval Architecture and Archaeology: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceArcheologyBiomedical EngineeringOceanography4 others

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

  1. 1 Historical and Environmental Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  2. 2 Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History Archeology 1 works
  3. 3 Bone Tissue Engineering Materials Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 0 works
  5. 5 Biodiesel Production and Applications Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways Molecular Biology 0 works
  7. 7 Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins Immunology 0 works
  8. 8 Diverse academic and cultural studies Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  9. 9 Digital Humanities and Scholarship Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  10. 10 Medieval Architecture and Archaeology Archeology 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 available32.4%not open67.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.0%domestic only81.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Consorzio Catania Ricerche's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Consorzio Catania Ricerche as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000019% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Consorzio Catania Ricerche0.000063% in 20251990200020102020

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