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In research, Heritage Malta stands highest in Social Sciences (#11,430 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,197
of 22,385 · #15,682 all time
Rank in Malta
#5
of 5
Research works
289
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.3k
7.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
39%
world 18%
Heritage Malta

What is Heritage Malta known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #11,430 of 14,833 8.2%122

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Heritage Malta 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Heritage Malta work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research at Heritage Malta is in Social Sciences, 38% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (16%), Engineering (14%), Medicine (13%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 32 fractional works · 39.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 13 fractional works · 16.1% of its workArcheology: 7 fractional works · 8.8% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 11.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 30 fractional works · 37.5% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 13.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9 fractional works · 10.9% of its workGeology: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 5.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 13 fractional works · 16.5% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 13.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 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 workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHeritage Malta81fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences38%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences39%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities1316.1%
    2. Social Sciences911.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance55.9%
    4. Psychology44.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting11.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Engineering1113.6%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences910.9%
    3. Computer Science45.3%
    4. Environmental Science45.0%
    5. Energy11.6%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.6%
    7. Materials Science00.3%
    8. Mathematics00.3%
    1. Medicine1113.4%
    2. Health Professions22.9%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology22.4%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    5. Neuroscience00.3%
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: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.35× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.68× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.93× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.73× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.91× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.01× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.11× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.70× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.58× its world share, 13 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.78× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.42× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 6.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences6.93×9 works
  2. Arts and Humanities5.58×13 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.78×5 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology2.35×2 works
  5. Energy1.73×1 works
  6. Psychology1.42×4 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.17×0 works
  8. Health Professions1.11×2 works
  9. Environmental Science1.01×4 works
  10. Engineering0.91×11 works
  11. Social Sciences0.90×9 works
  12. Medicine0.70×11 works
  13. Computer Science0.68×4 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.50×2 works
  15. Veterinary0.50×0 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.40×1 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.28×0 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.24×1 works
  19. Mathematics0.23×0 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.21×0 works
  21. Neuroscience0.19×0 works
  22. Nursing0.12×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Heritage Malta?

Ranked on the quality score, Matteo Sansone, Robert Kijak and Fabrizio D’Avenia lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Heritage Malta.

  1. 1 Matteo Sansone Malta · #2,485,637 worldwide 86 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Robert Kijak Malta · #3,019,876 worldwide 68 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Fabrizio D’Avenia Malta · #3,350,471 worldwide 24 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Anthony Fiorini Malta · #4,032,366 worldwide 274 citations · 43 works
  5. 5 Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke Malta · #4,468,580 worldwide 26 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Martin A. Thake Malta · #4,480,305 worldwide 43 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 David Cardona Malta · #5,168,512 worldwide 32 citations · 36 works
  8. 8 Joe Sultana Malta · #6,089,488 worldwide 117 citations · 54 works
All ranked researchers at Heritage Malta

What are the most cited papers from Heritage Malta?

The most cited paper from Heritage Malta is "2019 ESC/EAS guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: Lipid modification to reduce cardiovascular risk" (François Mach et al., 2019), with 4,890 citations. Next come "Climate change impacts on cultural heritage: A literature review" (572) and "Renewable energy integration with electric vehicle technology: A review of the existing smart charging approaches" (551).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 2019 ESC/EAS guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: Lipid modification to reduce cardiovascular risk François Mach et al. · Atherosclerosis Open access100 authors 31 Aug 2019 4,890
2 Climate change impacts on cultural heritage: A literature review Elena Sesana, Alexandre S. Gagnon, Chiara Ciantelli et al. · Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change Open access 4 May 2021 572
3 Renewable energy integration with electric vehicle technology: A review of the existing smart charging approaches Pranjal Barman, Lachit Dutta, Sushanta Bordoloi et al. · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Open access 11 Jul 2023 551
4 Worldwide Collaborative Observational Study and Meta‐Analysis on Allogenic Leukocyte Immunotherapy for Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion1 The Recurrent Miscarriage Immunotherapy Trialists Group et al. · American Journal of Reproductive Immunology Sep 1994 224
5 Tourism Competitiveness: Price and Quality Marie-Louise Mangion, Ramesh Durbarry, M. Thea Sinclair · Tourism Economics Mar 2005 184
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Heritage Malta?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Remote Sensing, Mediterranean, Terrestrial Laser Scanning, Archaeology, Holocene, Photogrammetry and UAV.

▲ 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. Cultural Heritage10▲ 22×9 topics
  2. Remote Sensing6▲ 6.1×4 topics
  3. Machine Learning5▲ 1.88×8 topics
  4. Mediterranean4▲ 59×3 topics
  5. Terrestrial Laser Scanning4▲ 42×2 topics
  6. Renewable Energy4▲ 3.3×12 topics
  7. Archaeology4▲ 35×4 topics
  8. Epidemiology4◆ 1.10×18 topics
  9. Holocene3▲ 38×2 topics
  10. Photogrammetry3▲ 68×1 topic
  11. UAV3▲ 68×1 topic
  12. Climate Change3▲ 1.41×13 topics
  13. Maritime Archaeology3▲ 205×1 topic
  14. Sea-Level Change3▲ 205×1 topic
  15. Conservation3▲ 8.2×6 topics
  16. Satellite Imagery3▲ 24×2 topics
  17. Aerial Survey2▲ 159×1 topic
  18. LiDAR2▲ 71×1 topic
  19. Public Health2▲ 1.87×9 topics
  20. Identity2▲ 3.0×7 topics
  21. Obesity2▲ 3.0×6 topics
  22. Cultural Exchange2▲ 16×3 topics
  23. Learning Outcomes2▲ 4.7×2 topics
  24. Renewable Energy Integration2▲ 6.2×3 topics
  25. Electric Vehicles2▲ 6.2×3 topics
  26. Solar Energy2▲ 6.1×4 topics
  27. Cultural Sustainability1▲ 31×2 topics
  28. Sea-Level Rise1▲ 15×3 topics
  29. Social Interaction1▲ 4.6×3 topics
  30. Adolescents1▲ 4.5×5 topics
  31. Antimicrobial Resistance1▲ 8.0×2 topics
  32. Environmental Monitoring1▲ 4.2×1 topic
  33. Museum Environments1▲ 85×1 topic
  34. Sudden Cardiac Death1▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Echocardiography1▲ 5.2×2 topics
  36. Urban Planning1▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Historical Astronomy1▲ 78×2 topics
  38. Arrhythmias1▲ 13×2 topics
  39. ECB's Rescue Facility1▲ 187×1 topic
  40. TARGET2 Balances1▲ 187×1 topic

Which research topics does Heritage Malta publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage, Maritime and Coastal Archaeology, Archaeological Research and Protection and Conservation Techniques and Studies.

3D Surveying and Cultura…33D Surveying and Cultural Heritage: 3 fractional worksMaritime and Coastal Archaeology: 3 fractional worksArchaeological Research and Protection: 2 fractional worksConservation Techniques and Studies: 1 fractional worksEuropean Monetary and Fiscal Policies: 1 fractional worksEducational Games and Gamification: 1 fractional worksHistorical and Architectural Studies: 1 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 1 fractional worksBuilding materials and conservation: 1 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 1 fractional works
GeologyArcheologySpace and Planetary ScienceConservation5 others

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

  1. 1 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage Geology 3 works
  2. 2 Maritime and Coastal Archaeology Archeology 3 works
  3. 3 Archaeological Research and Protection Space and Planetary Science 2 works
  4. 4 Conservation Techniques and Studies Conservation 1 works
  5. 5 European Monetary and Fiscal Policies Finance 1 works
  6. 6 Educational Games and Gamification Developmental and Educational Psychology 1 works
  7. 7 Historical and Architectural Studies Archeology 1 works
  8. 8 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Building materials and conservation Earth-Surface Processes 1 works
  10. 10 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 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 available44.3%not open55.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.4%domestic only60.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Heritage Malta's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Heritage Malta as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00027% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Heritage Malta0.00036% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Heritage Malta over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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