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European Space Research Institute

In research, European Space Research Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,793 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Earth and Planetary Sciences — Earth and Planetary Sciences is 14.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,498
of 28,054 · #3,978 all time
Rank in Italy
#186
of 618
Research works
893
▲ 38% vs 2013–17
Citations
22k
24.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is European Space Research Institute 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
Physical SciencesDomain #3,793 of 12,888 27.8%137 #2463

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where European Space Research Institute 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).

What does European Space Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Earth and Planetary Sciences takes 14.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 33.8 works14×
← 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: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.97× its world share, 23 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14.45× its world share, 34 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.65× its world share, 37 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.32× its world share, 32 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.83× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 14.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at European Space Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Ferran Gascon, Diego Fernández‐Prieto and Betlem Rosich lead among researchers whose main affiliation is European Space Research Institute.

  1. 1 Ferran Gascon Italy · #33,211 worldwide 842 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Diego Fernández‐Prieto Italy · #61,900 worldwide 403 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Betlem Rosich Italy · #75,792 worldwide 366 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Nuno Miranda Italy · #163,879 worldwide 342 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Stephen Plummer Italy · #167,047 worldwide 267 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Marc Paganini Italy · #177,375 worldwide 171 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Olivier Arinò Italy · #231,723 worldwide 215 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Susanne Mecklenburg Italy · #298,970 worldwide 119 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Marcus Engdahl Italy · #324,177 worldwide 90 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 P. G. Marchetti Italy · #486,618 worldwide 73 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at European Space Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at European Space Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Climate Change, Hydrological Modeling, Satellite Observations, Data Assimilation, Deep Learning, Ocean Circulation and Machine Learning.

▲ 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. Remote Sensing40▲ 22×27 topics
  2. Climate Change23▲ 5.8×33 topics
  3. Deep Learning14▲ 2.9×22 topics
  4. Machine Learning13▲ 2.8×25 topics
  5. Hydrological Modeling12▲ 35×5 topics
  6. Satellite Observations10▲ 72×3 topics
  7. Data Assimilation10▲ 44×4 topics
  8. Ocean Circulation8▲ 43×3 topics
  9. Support Vector Machines8▲ 17×4 topics
  10. Sea Level Rise8▲ 41×3 topics
  11. Hyperspectral8▲ 58×2 topics
  12. Biomass Estimation6▲ 29×3 topics
  13. Climate6▲ 47×2 topics
  14. Validation6▲ 46×2 topics
  15. Arctic6▲ 35×3 topics
  16. Hyperspectral Imaging6▲ 14×5 topics
  17. Classification6▲ 8.0×4 topics
  18. Feature Extraction5▲ 7.9×2 topics
  19. Hydrology5▲ 29×3 topics
  20. SAR Interferometry5▲ 172×1 topic
  21. Surface Deformation Monitoring5▲ 172×1 topic
  22. Sparse Representation5▲ 18×5 topics
  23. Change Detection5▲ 51×1 topic
  24. Image Analysis5▲ 37×1 topic
  25. Soil Moisture5▲ 49×2 topics
  26. Global Monitoring5▲ 149×1 topic
  27. Microwave Retrieval5▲ 149×1 topic
  28. Air Quality5▲ 18×4 topics
  29. Decline4▲ 107×1 topic
  30. Global Change4▲ 11×3 topics
  31. Satellite Imagery4▲ 22×4 topics
  32. Sea Ice4▲ 107×1 topic
  33. Phenology4▲ 43×1 topic
  34. Tropical Cyclones4▲ 50×2 topics
  35. Vegetation Monitoring4▲ 43×1 topic
  36. Wave Modeling4▲ 53×2 topics
  37. Glacier4▲ 58×1 topic
  38. Water Availability4▲ 58×1 topic
  39. Climate Change Impact4▲ 10×3 topics
  40. Geodetic Measurements4▲ 21×2 topics

Which research topics does European Space Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques, Remote-Sensing Image Classification, Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics.

Synthetic Aperture Radar…5Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques: 5 fractional worksRemote-Sensing Image Cla…5Remote-Sensing Image Classification: 5 fractional worksSoil Moisture and Remote Sensing: 5 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 4 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 4 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 4 fractional worksOcean Waves and Remote Sensing: 4 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity M…3Geophysics and Gravity Measurements: 3 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 3 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 3 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringMedia TechnologyEnvironmental EngineeringAtmospheric Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques Aerospace Engineering 5 works
  2. 2 Remote-Sensing Image Classification Media Technology 5 works
  3. 3 Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing Environmental Engineering 5 works
  4. 4 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 4 works
  5. 5 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 4 works
  6. 6 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 4 works
  7. 7 Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing Oceanography 4 works
  8. 8 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 3 works
  9. 9 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  10. 10 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 3 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 available44.8%not open55.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors56.9%domestic only43.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has European Space Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% 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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