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In research, IFOM stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,468 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Molecular Biology is 8.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,610
of 22,385 · #2,128 all time
Rank in Italy
#182
of 475
Research works
745
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
59k
78.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.09×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
65%
world 40%
International
44%
world 18%
IFOM

What is IFOM 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
Life SciencesDomain #1,468 of 6,403 14.9%67 #678

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where IFOM 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 IFOM work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research at IFOM is in Life Sciences, 41% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (46%), Medicine (40%), Immunology and Microbiology (5%). It does 3.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 77 fractional works · 53.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 66 fractional works · 46.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 39 fractional works · 26.9% of its workCell Biology: 12 fractional works · 8.6% of its workCancer Research: 7 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAging: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStructural Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 58 fractional works · 40.6% of its workMedicine: 57 fractional works · 39.7% of its workOncology: 17 fractional works · 11.5% of its workPhysiology: 11 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKIFOM144fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences54%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences41%Social Sciences0%

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. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6646.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology64.5%
    3. Neuroscience31.9%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine5739.7%
    2. Nursing10.4%
    3. Health Professions00.2%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Engineering32.4%
    2. Environmental Science10.9%
    3. Physics and Astronomy10.6%
    4. Computer Science10.5%
    5. Chemistry10.5%
    6. Mathematics00.3%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    2. Psychology00.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.0%
    4. Decision Sciences00.0%
    5. Social Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does IFOM specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 8.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 38.7 works8.9×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 66.3 works8.7×
← 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: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8.65× its world share, 66 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.47× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.17× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.07× its world share, 57 worksMedicineNursing: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 8.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8.65×66 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology4.47×6 works
  3. Medicine2.07×57 works
  4. Neuroscience1.17×3 works
  5. Nursing0.87×1 works
  6. Veterinary0.57×0 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.30×0 works
  8. Chemistry0.30×1 works
  9. Mathematics0.26×0 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.26×1 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.24×2 works
  12. Environmental Science0.19×1 works
  13. Dentistry0.19×0 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.17×0 works
  15. Engineering0.16×3 works
  16. Health Professions0.09×0 works
  17. Computer Science0.06×1 works
  18. Materials Science0.04×0 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.04×0 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.02×0 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.02×0 works
  22. Psychology0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at IFOM?

Ranked on the quality score, Fabrizio d’Adda di Fagagna, Paolo Peterlongo and Monica Corada lead among researchers whose main affiliation is IFOM.

  1. 1 Fabrizio d’Adda di Fagagna Italy · #31,972 worldwide 26k citations · 159 works
  2. 2 Paolo Peterlongo Italy · #47,858 worldwide 24k citations · 381 works
  3. 3 Monica Corada Italy · #50,042 worldwide 12k citations · 99 works
  4. 4 Giorgio Scita Italy · #63,229 worldwide 15k citations · 282 works
  5. 5 Fabrizio Orsenigo Italy · #69,667 worldwide 8.3k citations · 53 works
  6. 6 Vincenzo Costanzo Italy · #74,502 worldwide 9.4k citations · 119 works
  7. 7 Simona Polo Italy · #78,401 worldwide 10k citations · 110 works
  8. 8 Nils C. Gauthier Italy · #93,906 worldwide 5.5k citations · 96 works
  9. 9 Galina V. Beznoussenko Italy · #125,563 worldwide 8.4k citations · 158 works
  10. 10 Stefano S Casola Italy · #143,329 worldwide 8.6k citations · 189 works
All ranked researchers at IFOM

What are the most cited papers from IFOM?

The most cited paper from IFOM is "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)" (Daniel J. Klionsky et al., 2016), with 6,023 citations. Next come "Detection of Circulating Tumor DNA in Early- and Late-Stage Human Malignancies" (5,211) and "Cellular senescence: when bad things happen to good cells" (4,475).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,467 authors 2 Jan 2016 6,023
2 Detection of Circulating Tumor DNA in Early- and Late-Stage Human Malignancies Chetan Bettegowda et al. · Science Translational Medicine Open access 19 Feb 2014 5,211
3 Cellular senescence: when bad things happen to good cells Judith Campisi, Fabrizio d’Adda di Fagagna · Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology Review Aug 2007 4,475
4 Average Risks of Breast and Ovarian Cancer Associated with BRCA1 or BRCA2 Mutations Detected in Case Series Unselected for Family History: A Combined Analysis of 22 Studies Antonis C. Antoniou et al. · The American Journal of Human Genetics Open access 23 Apr 2003 3,727
5 A DNA damage checkpoint response in telomere-initiated senescence Fabrizio d’Adda di Fagagna, Philip M. Reaper, Lorena Clay-Farrace et al. · Nature Nov 2003 2,835
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at IFOM?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Inflammation, Cancer Therapy, Genomic Instability, Stem Cells, Aging, Homologous Recombination and Chromatin.

▲ 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. Cancer17▲ 8.8×34 topics
  2. Inflammation16▲ 5.2×40 topics
  3. Cancer Therapy12▲ 15×11 topics
  4. Genomic Instability10▲ 64×2 topics
  5. Stem Cells10▲ 26×10 topics
  6. Aging9▲ 12×12 topics
  7. Homologous Recombination8▲ 119×2 topics
  8. Chromatin8▲ 115×2 topics
  9. Mechanotransduction7▲ 73×4 topics
  10. Chemotherapy7▲ 6.4×13 topics
  11. DNA Damage6▲ 55×3 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress6▲ 2.7×23 topics
  13. ATM and ATR Kinases6▲ 187×1 topic
  14. Repair6▲ 187×1 topic
  15. Cancer Progression6▲ 22×7 topics
  16. Weight Loss5▲ 24×2 topics
  17. Apoptosis5▲ 12×11 topics
  18. Tumor Suppression5▲ 50×4 topics
  19. Targeted Therapy5▲ 16×3 topics
  20. Tumor Microenvironment5▲ 7.8×7 topics
  21. Cell Death5▲ 14×6 topics
  22. Metabolic Syndrome5▲ 4.1×12 topics
  23. Tissue Engineering5▲ 5.4×2 topics
  24. Immunotherapy4▲ 4.4×13 topics
  25. Precision Medicine4▲ 6.3×7 topics
  26. Extracellular Matrix4▲ 17×5 topics
  27. Cell-Free DNA4▲ 30×2 topics
  28. Molecular Subtypes4▲ 34×3 topics
  29. Cancer Genomics4▲ 40×1 topic
  30. Mutational Signatures4▲ 40×1 topic
  31. Cell Migration4▲ 58×3 topics
  32. Cancer Risk4▲ 12×3 topics
  33. Cell Mechanics4▲ 107×1 topic
  34. Cytoskeleton4▲ 107×1 topic
  35. Cholesterol4▲ 17×4 topics
  36. Genetic Testing4▲ 22×2 topics
  37. Molecular Characterization4▲ 14×4 topics
  38. Senescence4▲ 164×1 topic
  39. Telomere4▲ 164×1 topic
  40. Adjuvant Chemotherapy4▲ 36×2 topics

Which research topics does IFOM publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: DNA Repair Mechanisms, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Cellular Mechanics and Interactions and Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence.

DNA Repair Mechanisms6DNA Repair Mechanisms: 6 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…4Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksCellular Mechanics and I…4Cellular Mechanics and Interactions: 4 fractional worksTelomeres, Telomerase, a…4Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence: 4 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies: 3 fractional worksGenetic factors in colorectal cancer: 3 fractional worksDietary Effects on Health3Dietary Effects on Health: 3 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 3 fractional worksMicrotubule and mitosis dynamics: 3 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engin…2CRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 2 fractional works
Molecular BiologyCancer ResearchCell BiologyPhysiology2 others

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

  1. 1 DNA Repair Mechanisms Molecular Biology 6 works
  2. 2 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 4 works
  3. 3 Cellular Mechanics and Interactions Cell Biology 4 works
  4. 4 Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence Physiology 4 works
  5. 5 Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies Oncology 3 works
  6. 6 Genetic factors in colorectal cancer Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Dietary Effects on Health Physiology 3 works
  8. 8 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 3 works
  9. 9 Microtubule and mitosis dynamics Cell Biology 3 works
  10. 10 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 2 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 available65.2%not open34.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors44.1%domestic only55.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has IFOM's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting20052010201520202025
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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 IFOM as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00054% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%IFOM0.00050% in 202520102020

Fractional works of IFOM 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%IFOM21.5% 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 29.1% in 2004.

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