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Humanitas University

In research, Humanitas University stands highest in Health Sciences (#262 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#245 of 8,541 worldwide) and Surgery (#126 of 1,532 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Immunology and Allergy (Hepatology is 9.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#736
of 22,385 · #800 all time
Rank in Italy
#25
of 475
Research works
7.1k
▲ 60% vs 2018-21
Citations
158k
22.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.48×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
54%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
Humanitas University

What is Humanitas University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #262 of 9,902 18.8%2,384 #328
MedicineField #245 of 8,541 18.7%2,308 #299
SurgerySubfield #126 of 1,532 19.2%424 #154
Life SciencesDomain #559 of 6,403 16.8%403 #529
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #151 of 1,037 17.2%283 #185
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #567 of 2,964 15.5%230 #701
EpidemiologySubfield #187 of 927 21.2%144 #220
OncologySubfield #158 of 755 14.8%238 #207
Physical SciencesDomain #2,379 of 10,670 12.9%133 #2049
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #179 of 736 17.8%144 #230

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Humanitas University 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#328 #262
  2. Medicine#299 #245
  3. Surgery#154 #126
  4. Life Sciences#529 #559
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#185 #151
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#701 #567
  7. Epidemiology#220 #187
  8. Oncology#207 #158
  9. Physical Sciences#2,049 #2,379
  10. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#230 #179
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Humanitas University work in?

In 2022-now, 79% of research at Humanitas University is in Health Sciences, 14% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (77%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%), Immunology and Microbiology (4%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 2,795 fractional works · 79.1% of its workMedicine: 2,707 fractional works · 76.6% of its workSurgery: 512 fractional works · 14.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 336 fractional works · 9.5% of its workOncology: 275 fractional works · 7.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 168 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEpidemiology: 167 fractional works · 4.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 160 fractional works · 4.5% of its workRheumatology: 91 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 88 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysiology: 84 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNeurology: 82 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHepatology: 66 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 62 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 48 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 45 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHematology: 43 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDermatology: 42 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGastroenterology: 40 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 39 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 31 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 28 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 28 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOphthalmology: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInternal Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 63 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 477 fractional works · 13.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 277 fractional works · 7.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 113 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGenetics: 74 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCancer Research: 59 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCell Biology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 130 fractional works · 3.7% of its workImmunology: 120 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 62 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 157 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEngineering: 68 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 57 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 37 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiation: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 105 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 39 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 31 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHumanitasUniversity3,535fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences79%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 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Sciences2,79579.1%
    1. Medicine2,70776.6%
    2. Health Professions631.8%
    3. Nursing140.4%
    4. Dentistry90.3%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2777.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology1303.7%
    3. Neuroscience621.7%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences60.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.1%
    1. Engineering681.9%
    2. Computer Science371.1%
    3. Physics and Astronomy210.6%
    4. Environmental Science110.3%
    5. Materials Science60.2%
    6. Mathematics60.2%
    7. Chemistry50.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.0%
    9. Energy10.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Social Sciences391.1%
    2. Psychology310.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance180.5%
    4. Decision Sciences70.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting60.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities50.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Humanitas University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hepatology takes 9.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HepatologySubfield · 66.1 works9.7×
  2. GastroenterologySubfield · 40.3 works9.7×
  3. Immunology and AllergySubfield · 26.4 works9.4×
  4. OtorhinolaryngologySubfield · 31.0 works8.8×
  5. OncologySubfield · 274.8 works6.9×
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 336.3 works6.2×
  7. SurgerySubfield · 512.1 works6.2×
  8. RheumatologySubfield · 90.8 works5.6×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.47× its world share, 277 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.64× its world share, 130 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.08× its world share, 62 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 37 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 68 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 21 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.54× its world share, 9 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.67× its world share, 63 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.98× its world share, 2,707 worksMedicineNursing: 0.83× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 18 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 31 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 39 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.98×2,707 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology3.64×130 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.47×277 works
  4. Neuroscience1.08×62 works
  5. Nursing0.83×14 works
  6. Health Professions0.67×63 works
  7. Dentistry0.54×9 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.33×4 works
  9. Psychology0.29×31 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.27×21 works
  11. Veterinary0.27×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.23×18 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.21×7 works
  14. Mathematics0.15×6 works
  15. Computer Science0.14×37 works
  16. Engineering0.13×68 works
  17. Social Sciences0.09×39 works
  18. Chemistry0.08×5 works
  19. Environmental Science0.06×11 works
  20. Materials Science0.05×6 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×6 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.04×5 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×6 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×1 works
  25. Energy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Humanitas University?

Ranked on the quality score, Maurizio Cecconi, Enrico Lugli and Silvio Danese lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Humanitas University.

  1. 1 Maurizio Cecconi Italy · #7,442 worldwide 64k citations · 1,444 works
  2. 2 Enrico Lugli Italy · #21,016 worldwide 25k citations · 234 works
  3. 3 Silvio Danese Italy · #24,508 worldwide 92k citations · 2,325 works
  4. 4 Cecília Garlanda Italy · #38,315 worldwide 39k citations · 466 works
  5. 5 Maria De Santis Italy · #47,074 worldwide 27k citations · 466 works
  6. 6 Lorenza Rimassa Italy · #49,579 worldwide 24k citations · 766 works
  7. 7 Carlo Francesco Selmi Italy · #57,425 worldwide 26k citations · 1,183 works
  8. 8 Tiziana Pressiani Italy · #57,830 worldwide 8.6k citations · 257 works
  9. 9 Massimiliano Greco Italy · #61,034 worldwide 15k citations · 196 works
  10. 10 Stefanos Bonovas Italy · #64,312 worldwide 18k citations · 408 works
All ranked researchers at Humanitas University

What are the most cited papers from Humanitas University?

The most cited paper from Humanitas University is "Cancer-related inflammation" (Alberto Mantovani, Paola Allavena, Antonio Sica et al., 2008), with 11,477 citations. Next come "Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018" (6,760) and "Macrophage plasticity and polarization: in vivo veritas" (6,482).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cancer-related inflammation Alberto Mantovani, Paola Allavena, Antonio Sica et al. · Nature Open access Jul 2008 11,477
2 Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018 Lorenzo Galluzzi et al. · Cell Death and Differentiation Open access169 authors 23 Jan 2018 6,760
3 Macrophage plasticity and polarization: in vivo veritas Antonio Sica, Alberto Mantovani · Journal of Clinical Investigation Open access Mar 2012 6,482
4 Baseline Characteristics and Outcomes of 1591 Patients Infected With SARS-CoV-2 Admitted to ICUs of the Lombardy Region, Italy Giacomo Grasselli et al. · JAMA Open access114 authors 6 Apr 2020 5,912
5 Surviving sepsis campaign: international guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock 2021 Laura Evans et al. · Intensive Care Medicine Open access 2 Oct 2021 5,314
All 57 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Humanitas University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Treatment, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Neoadjuvant Therapy, Inflammation and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology440▲ 3.1×116 topics
  2. Inflammation215▲ 2.9×78 topics
  3. Chemotherapy215▲ 8.6×25 topics
  4. Treatment205▲ 4.8×44 topics
  5. Immunotherapy192▲ 7.5×19 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines160▲ 8.2×14 topics
  7. Diagnosis159▲ 4.8×37 topics
  8. Quality of Life137▲ 2.7×45 topics
  9. Management134▲ 4.7×29 topics
  10. Neoadjuvant Therapy133▲ 16×5 topics
  11. Guidelines128▲ 7.7×13 topics
  12. Prognostic Factors126▲ 8.2×14 topics
  13. Radiotherapy122▲ 8.8×13 topics
  14. Cancer105▲ 2.2×47 topics
  15. Tumor Microenvironment105▲ 6.6×8 topics
  16. Complications101▲ 5.8×17 topics
  17. Genetic Mutations101▲ 6.5×23 topics
  18. Risk Factors96▲ 2.5×32 topics
  19. Survival Analysis93▲ 9.6×7 topics
  20. Surgical Management91▲ 6.3×20 topics
  21. Genetics83▲ 3.3×19 topics
  22. Precision Medicine82▲ 4.7×8 topics
  23. Mortality81▲ 4.0×13 topics
  24. Molecular Characterization77▲ 12×6 topics
  25. Pathogenesis74▲ 4.1×20 topics
  26. Inflammatory Bowel Disease68▲ 16×5 topics
  27. Autoantibodies68▲ 8.2×8 topics
  28. Medical Imaging68▲ 3.6×8 topics
  29. Immunology67▲ 17×3 topics
  30. Prevention66▲ 4.4×14 topics
  31. Prognosis61▲ 5.2×9 topics
  32. Screening61▲ 18×3 topics
  33. Survival60▲ 12×4 topics
  34. Breast Cancer60▲ 6.7×11 topics
  35. Endoscopic Resection58▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Hepatocellular Carcinoma55▲ 7.7×3 topics
  37. Prostate Cancer54▲ 11×6 topics
  38. Adjuvant Therapy51▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Radiofrequency Ablation48▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Asthma48▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does Humanitas University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis.

Pancreatic and Hepatic O…46Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 46 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…38Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 38 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 38 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma…37Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 37 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…34Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 34 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 34 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 33 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory d…29Asthma and respiratory diseases: 29 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 28 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 27 fractional works
OncologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingGeneticsHepatology4 others

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

  1. 1 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 46 works
  2. 2 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 38 works
  3. 3 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 38 works
  4. 4 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 37 works
  5. 5 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 34 works
  6. 6 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 34 works
  7. 7 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 33 works
  8. 8 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 29 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 28 works
  10. 10 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 27 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 available54.2%not open45.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.7%domestic only66.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Humanitas University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 60% 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 Humanitas University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.014% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Humanitas University0.015% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Humanitas University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Humanitas University18.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.5% in 2009.

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