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Fondazione Pisa

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World rank, all time
#27,517
of 34,923
Rank in Italy
#630
of 743
Research works
135
▲ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.1k
45.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.12×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
70%
world 40%
International
53%
world 18%
Fondazione Pisa

Which fields of science does Fondazione Pisa work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research at Fondazione Pisa is in Health Sciences, 39% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (47%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (31%), Immunology and Microbiology (3%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 29 fractional works · 47.3% of its workMedicine: 28 fractional works · 46.6% of its workOncology: 9 fractional works · 15.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 24 fractional works · 38.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 19 fractional works · 30.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 15.6% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 7.8% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 11.4% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKFondazione Pisa61fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences39%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences47%Social Sciences3%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2846.6%
    2. Dentistry00.3%
    3. Health Professions00.2%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1930.9%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology23.4%
    3. Neuroscience23.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    1. Engineering23.2%
    2. Chemistry12.3%
    3. Materials Science11.6%
    4. Computer Science11.5%
    5. Environmental Science11.3%
    6. Mathematics10.9%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.5%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Social Sciences11.7%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.3%
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: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.79× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.41× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.90× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.25× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.46× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.42× its world share, 28 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.34× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.79×19 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology3.41×2 works
  3. Medicine2.42×28 works
  4. Neuroscience1.90×2 works
  5. Chemistry1.46×1 works
  6. Veterinary1.34×0 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.25×0 works
  8. Mathematics0.74×0 works
  9. Dentistry0.66×0 works
  10. Materials Science0.45×1 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.35×0 works
  12. Environmental Science0.27×1 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.26×0 works
  14. Engineering0.22×2 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.20×1 works
  16. Computer Science0.19×1 works
  17. Social Sciences0.13×1 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.09×0 works
  19. Health Professions0.07×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Fondazione Pisa?

Ranked on the quality score, Giulia Mantini, Mariangela Morelli and Mahrou Vahabi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fondazione Pisa.

  1. 1 Giulia Mantini Italy · #707,709 worldwide 1.3k citations · 70 works
  2. 2 Mariangela Morelli Italy · #1,207,148 worldwide 1.7k citations · 85 works
  3. 3 Mahrou Vahabi Italy · #1,829,407 worldwide 449 citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Marialaura Dilillo Italy · #1,837,688 worldwide 571 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Alessandro Gregori Italy · #1,896,602 worldwide 361 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Mjriam Capula Italy · #2,595,606 worldwide 484 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Davide Pellegrini Italy · #2,619,267 worldwide 510 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Chiara Maria Mazzanti Italy · #3,385,386 worldwide 8.4k citations · 261 works
  9. 9 Manuel Giacomarra Italy · #3,430,933 worldwide 25 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Prospero Civita Italy · #3,648,171 worldwide 462 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Fondazione Pisa

What are the most cited papers from Fondazione Pisa?

The most cited paper from Fondazione Pisa is "Resistance mechanisms to osimertinib in EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer" (Alessandro Leonetti, Sugandhi Sharma, Roberta Minari et al., 2019), with 1,439 citations. Next come "Long-term cardiovascular safety of febuxostat compared with allopurinol in patients with gout (FAST): a multicentre, prospective, randomised, open-label, non-inferiority trial" (358) and "The role of alternative splicing in cancer: From oncogenesis to drug resistance" (333).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Resistance mechanisms to osimertinib in EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer Alessandro Leonetti, Sugandhi Sharma, Roberta Minari et al. · British Journal of Cancer Open access 29 Sep 2019 1,439
2 Long-term cardiovascular safety of febuxostat compared with allopurinol in patients with gout (FAST): a multicentre, prospective, randomised, open-label, non-inferiority trial Isla S. Mackenzie et al. · The Lancet Open access Nov 2020 358
3 The role of alternative splicing in cancer: From oncogenesis to drug resistance Rocco Sciarrillo, Anna Wojtuszkiewicz, Yehuda G. Assaraf et al. · Drug Resistance Updates Open access 28 Sep 2020 333
4 Sialic acids in pancreatic cancer cells drive tumour-associated macrophage differentiation via the Siglec receptors Siglec-7 and Siglec-9 Ernesto Rodríguez, Kelly Boelaars, Kari R. Brown et al. · Nature Communications Open access 24 Feb 2021 322
5 Linoleic acid potentiates CD8+ T cell metabolic fitness and antitumor immunity Carina B. Nava Lauson et al. · Cell Metabolism Open access 9 Mar 2023 296
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Fondazione Pisa?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Immunotherapy, Tumor Microenvironment, Cancer, Chemotherapy, Cancer Therapy, Neoadjuvant Therapy, Pancreatic Cancer and Gemcitabine.

▲ 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. Immunotherapy9▲ 20×15 topics
  2. Tumor Microenvironment6▲ 23×8 topics
  3. Cancer6▲ 6.8×25 topics
  4. Chemotherapy5▲ 11×8 topics
  5. Cancer Therapy4▲ 11×14 topics
  6. Inflammation3▲ 2.6×28 topics
  7. Neoadjuvant Therapy3▲ 23×4 topics
  8. Gemcitabine3▲ 70×1 topic
  9. Pancreatic Cancer3▲ 46×2 topics
  10. Surgical Complications3▲ 61×1 topic
  11. Oxidative Stress3▲ 2.9×18 topics
  12. Prognostic Factors3▲ 10×8 topics
  13. Radiotherapy3▲ 11×4 topics
  14. Biomarkers2▲ 5.8×9 topics
  15. Targeted Therapy2▲ 18×5 topics
  16. Gene Expression2▲ 6.0×9 topics
  17. Molecular Classification2▲ 25×2 topics
  18. Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition2▲ 37×3 topics
  19. Glioblastoma2▲ 53×1 topic
  20. Temozolomide2▲ 53×1 topic
  21. Cancer Stem Cells2▲ 72×1 topic
  22. Cell Death2▲ 14×5 topics
  23. Tumor Metastasis2▲ 57×1 topic
  24. Tumor Targeting2▲ 17×3 topics
  25. Genomic Instability2▲ 27×3 topics
  26. Angiogenesis2▲ 8.2×9 topics
  27. Cancer Genomics2▲ 38×1 topic
  28. HIF-12▲ 46×1 topic
  29. Mutational Signatures2▲ 38×1 topic
  30. Oxygen Sensing2▲ 25×2 topics
  31. Regulation2▲ 5.2×5 topics
  32. Warburg Effect2▲ 46×1 topic
  33. Apoptosis2▲ 8.3×11 topics
  34. Biogenesis2▲ 16×3 topics
  35. Drug Delivery2▲ 4.9×5 topics
  36. Gene Therapy2▲ 13×4 topics
  37. Metastasis2▲ 7.0×8 topics
  38. Reactive Oxygen Species2▲ 6.0×8 topics
  39. Cell Signaling1▲ 14×6 topics
  40. Tumor Suppression1▲ 27×4 topics

Which research topics does Fondazione Pisa publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Cancer Cells and Metastasis and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics.

Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 3 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksCancer Cells and Metasta…2Cancer Cells and Metastasis: 2 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…2Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksCancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism: 2 fractional worksPARP inhibition in cancer therapy: 1 fractional worksExtracellular vesicles i…1Extracellular vesicles in disease: 1 fractional worksNeuroblastoma Research and Treatments: 1 fractional worksCancer Research and Treatments: 1 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional works
OncologyGeneticsCancer ResearchMolecular Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 3 works
  2. 2 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 2 works
  3. 3 Cancer Cells and Metastasis Oncology 2 works
  4. 4 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 2 works
  5. 5 Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism Cancer Research 2 works
  6. 6 PARP inhibition in cancer therapy Oncology 1 works
  7. 7 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 1 works
  8. 8 Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments Neurology 1 works
  9. 9 Cancer Research and Treatments Biotechnology 1 works
  10. 10 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 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 available70.0%not open30.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors53.4%domestic only46.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Fondazione Pisa's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% 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 Pisa as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00026% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Fondazione Pisa0.00021% in 20251990200020102020

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