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Graal Tech

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Research works
106
▼ 60% vs 2018-21
Citations
205
1.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
16%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Graal Tech

Not ranked overall: Graal Tech 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 Graal Tech work in?

In all years, 48% of research at Graal Tech is in Physical Sciences, 36% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (29%), Engineering (22%), Medicine (11%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 51 fractional works · 47.8% of its workEngineering: 23 fractional works · 21.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 6.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 4.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 38 fractional works · 35.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 31 fractional works · 29.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 24 fractional works · 22.7% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAging: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 11.6% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 10.6% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKGraal Tech106fractional works, all years
Life Sciences36%Physical Sciences48%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences5%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2321.8%
    2. Materials Science76.8%
    3. Computer Science54.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences44.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy44.0%
    6. Chemistry33.1%
    7. Environmental Science21.9%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.8%
    9. Mathematics10.8%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3129.2%
    2. Neuroscience22.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology21.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.5%
    1. Medicine1110.6%
    2. Health Professions10.8%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    1. Social Sciences43.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities10.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    4. Decision Sciences00.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
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: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.25× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.94× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 3.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 3.59× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 3.93× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.96× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 1.74× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.93×1 works
  2. Health Professions3.59×1 works
  3. Mathematics3.21×0 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.96×0 works
  5. Engineering1.94×3 works
  6. Social Sciences1.74×2 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.25×0 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.20×0 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.98×0 works
  10. Computer Science0.86×1 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.35×0 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×0 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.24×0 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.24×0 works
  15. Medicine0.24×0 works
  16. Environmental Science0.19×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Graal Tech?

Ranked on the quality score, Andrea Caffaz and Yuki Fukazawa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Graal Tech.

  1. 1 Andrea Caffaz Italy · #2,143,389 worldwide 717 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Yuki Fukazawa Italy · #4,960,689 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Graal Tech

What are the most cited papers from Graal Tech?

The most cited paper from Graal Tech is "Fòlaga: A low-cost autonomous underwater vehicle combining glider and AUV capabilities" (Alberto Álvarez, Andrea Caffaz, Andrea Caiti et al., 2008), with 173 citations. Next come "I-AUV Mechatronics Integration for the TRIDENT FP7 Project" (127) and "The Hybrid Glider/AUV Folaga" (83).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Fòlaga: A low-cost autonomous underwater vehicle combining glider and AUV capabilities Alberto Álvarez, Andrea Caffaz, Andrea Caiti et al. · Ocean Engineering 19 Sep 2008 173
2 I-AUV Mechatronics Integration for the TRIDENT FP7 Project David Ribas, Pere Ridao, Alessio Turetta et al. · IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics Open access 24 Feb 2015 127
3 The Hybrid Glider/AUV Folaga Andrea Caffaz, Andrea Caiti, Giuseppe Casalino et al. · IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine Mar 2010 83
4 Dexterous Underwater Manipulation from Onshore Locations: Streamlining Efficiencies for Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicles Andreas Birk et al. · IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine Open access 8 Oct 2018 69
5 Sea Mining Exploration With an UVMS: Experimental Validation of the Control and Perception Framework Enrico Simetti, Ricard Campos, Daniele Di Vito et al. · IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics 22 Sep 2020 57
All 92 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Graal Tech?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Nuclear Receptors, Transcriptional Regulation, Nanostructures, Semiconductors, Ribosome, Translation and Cancer Therapy.

▲ 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. Inflammation7▲ 2.9×10 topics
  2. Biomedical Applications4▲ 3.5×8 topics
  3. Environmental Impact4▲ 2.8×6 topics
  4. Machine Learning4▲ 1.69×6 topics
  5. Cancer Therapy4▲ 5.5×5 topics
  6. Nanostructures4▲ 7.2×3 topics
  7. Nuclear Receptors4▲ 19×4 topics
  8. Transcriptional Regulation4▲ 14×4 topics
  9. Semiconductors4▲ 13×3 topics
  10. Ribosome3▲ 32×1 topic
  11. Translation3▲ 15×1 topic
  12. Nanomaterials3▲ 3.7×3 topics
  13. Tumor Microenvironment3▲ 7.6×3 topics
  14. Gene Expression Regulation3▲ 22×2 topics
  15. RNA methylation3▲ 31×1 topic
  16. m6A-seq3▲ 31×1 topic
  17. Biomolecular Interactions3▲ 20×2 topics
  18. Wireless Sensor Networks3▲ 6.4×2 topics
  19. Acoustic Communications2▲ 62×1 topic
  20. Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks2▲ 62×1 topic
  21. Apoptosis2▲ 5.6×3 topics
  22. Gas Sensors2▲ 28×1 topic
  23. Metal Oxide2▲ 28×1 topic
  24. Angiogenesis2▲ 5.0×3 topics
  25. Drug Discovery2▲ 5.1×4 topics
  26. Raman Spectroscopy2▲ 8.7×2 topics
  27. Crystal Growth2▲ 5.5×6 topics
  28. RNA Interference2▲ 17×2 topics
  29. Thermodynamics2▲ 19×2 topics
  30. Bioinformatics2▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Cell Culture2▲ 16×3 topics
  32. Ferroelectric Materials2▲ 34×1 topic
  33. Lead-free Piezoceramics2▲ 34×1 topic
  34. Vibrational Spectroscopy2▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Bacillus thuringiensis2▲ 43×1 topic
  36. Collective Behavior2▲ 35×2 topics
  37. Insecticide Resistance2▲ 16×1 topic
  38. Quantitative2▲ 13×1 topic
  39. Real-Time PCR2▲ 36×1 topic
  40. Drug Design2▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Graal Tech publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Legal and Regulatory Analysis, Military Technology and Strategies, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies and Design Education and Practice.

Legal and Regulatory Ana…0Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 0 fractional worksMilitary Technology and …0Military Technology and Strategies: 0 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…0Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 0 fractional worksDesign Education and Pra…0Design Education and Practice: 0 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 0 fractional worksLexicography and Language Studies: 0 fractional worksLinguistic research and …0Linguistic research and analysis: 0 fractional worksEducation, sociology, and vocational training: 0 fractional worksHistorical Linguistics and Language Studies: 0 fractional worksDiscourse Analysis and C…0Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication: 0 fractional works
TransportationAerospace EngineeringSociology and Political ScienceMechanical Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 0 works
  2. 2 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  4. 4 Design Education and Practice Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 0 works
  6. 6 Lexicography and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 0 works
  7. 7 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 0 works
  8. 8 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  9. 9 Historical Linguistics and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 0 works
  10. 10 Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication Cultural Studies 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 available16.5%not open83.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.5%domestic only85.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Graal Tech's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 60% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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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 Graal Tech as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000063% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Graal Tech0.000027% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Graal Tech over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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