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Fondazione ISAL

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Research works
18
▲ 48% vs 2018-21
Citations
561
31.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
82%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
Fondazione ISAL

Not ranked overall: Fondazione ISAL is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Fondazione ISAL work in?

In all years, 68% of research at Fondazione ISAL is in Health Sciences, 19% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (65%), Neuroscience (12%), Psychology (4%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 12 fractional works · 68.4% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 65.3% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 15.6% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 13.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 13.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 8.9% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 19.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 11.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 6.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKFondazione ISAL18fractional works, all years
Life Sciences19%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences68%Social Sciences6%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1265.3%
    2. Health Professions02.5%
    3. Nursing00.4%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Neuroscience211.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences13.5%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology02.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics01.1%
    1. Psychology13.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities02.5%
    3. Social Sciences00.4%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.9%
    2. Mathematics01.3%
    3. Materials Science01.0%
    4. Environmental Science00.6%
    5. Chemistry00.4%
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.

Who are the top researchers at Fondazione ISAL?

Ranked on the quality score, Valentina Malafoglia, William Raffaeli and Michael Tenti lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fondazione ISAL.

  1. 1 Valentina Malafoglia Italy · #1,030,678 worldwide 1.1k citations · 45 works
  2. 2 William Raffaeli Italy · #1,980,707 worldwide 2.1k citations · 88 works
  3. 3 Michael Tenti Italy · #2,020,537 worldwide 401 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Fondazione ISAL

What are the most cited papers from Fondazione ISAL?

The most cited paper from Fondazione ISAL is "Pain as a disease: an overview" (William Raffaeli, Elisa Arnaudo, 2017), with 232 citations. Next come "Chronic Pain: What Does It Mean? A Review on the Use of the Term Chronic Pain in Clinical Practice" (146) and "Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Fucoidan Extracts In Vitro" (120).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Pain as a disease: an overview William Raffaeli, Elisa Arnaudo · Journal of Pain Research Open access Aug 2017 232
2 Chronic Pain: What Does It Mean? A Review on the Use of the Term Chronic Pain in Clinical Practice William Raffaeli, Michael Tenti, Annette Corraro et al. · Journal of Pain Research Open access Mar 2021 146
3 Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Fucoidan Extracts In Vitro Tauseef Ahmad, Mathew Suji Eapen, Muhammad Ishaq et al. · Marine Drugs Open access 11 Dec 2021 120
4 The zebrafish as a model for nociception studies Valentina Malafoglia, Bruce P. Bryant, William Raffaeli et al. · Journal of Cellular Physiology 5 Apr 2013 75
5 Natural Antioxidant Control of Neuropathic Pain—Exploring the Role of Mitochondrial SIRT3 Pathway Sara Ilari, Luigino Antonio Giancotti, Filomena Lauro et al. · Antioxidants Open access 9 Nov 2020 71
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Fondazione ISAL publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research, Pain Mechanisms and Treatments and Pain Management and Treatment.

Musculoskeletal pain and…2Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksFibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research: 1 fractional worksPain Mechanisms and Treatments: 1 fractional worksPain Management and Treatment: 0 fractional worksHealth, psychology, and …0Health, psychology, and well-being: 0 fractional worksEffects of Vibration on Health: 0 fractional worksPain Management and Placebo Effect: 0 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 0 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 0 fractional worksPsychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments: 0 fractional works
PharmacologyPsychiatry and Mental healthPhysiologyAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 2 works
  2. 2 Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  3. 3 Pain Mechanisms and Treatments Physiology 1 works
  4. 4 Pain Management and Treatment Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 0 works
  5. 5 Health, psychology, and well-being General Health Professions 0 works
  6. 6 Effects of Vibration on Health Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Pain Management and Placebo Effect Cognitive Neuroscience 0 works
  8. 8 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 0 works
  9. 9 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments Psychiatry and Mental health 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 available81.7%not open18.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.1%domestic only72.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Fondazione ISAL's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 48% 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 Fondazione ISAL as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000014% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Fondazione ISAL over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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